Re:U.S. Is a Rich Country with Symptoms of a Developing Nation
by seanmcdirmid on Saturday February 23, 2019 @01:22PM
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23% of Switzerland are foreign permanent residents. I'm not sure where you get the idea that Switzerland is restrictive with immigration?
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Re:U.S. Is a Rich Country with Symptoms of a Developing Nation
by microtherion on Saturday February 23, 2019 @04:09PM
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Switzerland is restrictive with naturalization. You can be born here, have spent your entire life here, and still not have citizenship.
Due to bilateral treaties, immigration from EU countries is quite easy nowadays, but for citizens of non-EU countries, far less so. Almost 90% of resident foreigners are European: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Switzerland
Re:U.S. Is a Rich Country with Symptoms of a Developing Nation
by seanmcdirmid on Saturday February 23, 2019 @05:47PM
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Yes, but naturalization isn’t immigration.
It was super easy for me to get a working visa to Switzerland when I had a job there, and I’m not EU. Anecdata for sure, but I was hardly the only non-European around. There were even plenty of war and economic refugees around, far more than I ever encountered in the states.