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Re:Swiss immigration: 50.3% back quotas, final results show by sampo on Sunday February 09, 2014 @06:10PM (#7207864)
> the majority of immigration within Switzerland are Europeans (because this law is for quotas about EU immigrants), the majority of which are French and Germans with a good level of qualifications

Citation needed?

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Re:Swiss immigration: 50.3% back quotas, final results show by _delirium on Sunday February 09, 2014 @06:39PM (#7208018)
There is some data here: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/01/07/bla...

The current Swiss population breaks down as:

    77% - Swiss citizens
    15% - Citizens of EU/EFTA countries
     5% - Citizens of European countries not in the EU/EFTA
     1% - Citizens of Asian countries
     1% - Citizens of American countries
     1% - Citizens of African countries
(If you move Turkey from "non-EU Europe" to "Asia", then non-EU Europe drops to 4%, and Asia rises to 2%.)

By specific nationality, the top sources of immigration are (% of immigrant population in parentheses):

    1. Italy (16%)
    2. Germany (15%)
    3. Portugal (13%)
    4. France (6%)
    6. Serbia (5%)
    7. Turkey (4%)
    8. Spain (4%)
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