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I'm afraid it's not. As far as I'm aware Switzerland cannot be told by EU to accept whatever number of immigrants from any place in the world. Swiss benefits mo

I'm afraid it's not. As far as I'm aware Switzerland cannot be told by EU to accept whatever number of immigrants from any place in the world. Swiss benefits model is substantially different than any other European country and I can't imagine any non-skilled immigrant would try to get to Switzerland to exploit it.. Apart from that tabloids will make a lot of noise around this, obviously it's great topic to get some news :-) In this uncertain time it is not that easy to make predictions, especially when it comes to such high level.

Scarblac 10y ago
Same as the UK. Both the UK and Switzerland have to allow people from the EU to travel into and work in their country, don't need to provide them with benefits if they don't have a job. In return UK and Swiss citizens have the same rights in the rest of the EU. Both the UK and Switzerland can decide to allow people from outside the EU in whatever way they want. In 2015 during the migrant crisis EU governments decided to relocate 160,000 refugees over Europe, but the UK opted out ( http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/607349/Migrant-crisis-map-EU-refugee-quota http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/607349/Migrant-crisis-ma... ) so this doesn't apply to them.
- ramtatatam 10y ago
  I don't agree, it's not same as the UK - talking from experience. Swiss citizens do not have to allow people from EU to travel and work, the amount of formalities you have to pass is much more than if you was moving to UK.
  - Scarblac 10y ago
    When was that? In theory the rules for EU citizens are exactly the same ( https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta.html https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-e... ) but in practice implementation may differ, I guess. Did you have a job there before moving?
    - ramtatatam 10y ago
      A few years ago I was applying for a job in there. Did not get it in the end but got close enough to start discovering ins and outs of their system - UK is a heaven compared to Switzerland :-)

Scarblac 10y ago

Same as the UK. Both the UK and Switzerland have to allow people from the EU to travel into and work in their country, don't need to provide them with benefits if they don't have a job. In return UK and Swiss citizens have the same rights in the rest of the EU. Both the UK and Switzerland can decide to allow people from outside the EU in whatever way they want. In 2015 during the migrant crisis EU governments decided to relocate 160,000 refugees over Europe, but the UK opted out ( http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/607349/Migrant-crisis-map-EU-refugee-quota http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/607349/Migrant-crisis-ma... ) so this doesn't apply to them.

ramtatatam 10y ago
I don't agree, it's not same as the UK - talking from experience. Swiss citizens do not have to allow people from EU to travel and work, the amount of formalities you have to pass is much more than if you was moving to UK.
- Scarblac 10y ago
  When was that? In theory the rules for EU citizens are exactly the same ( https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta.html https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-e... ) but in practice implementation may differ, I guess. Did you have a job there before moving?
  - ramtatatam 10y ago
    A few years ago I was applying for a job in there. Did not get it in the end but got close enough to start discovering ins and outs of their system - UK is a heaven compared to Switzerland :-)