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French , Germans and Italians. Which, together, still make today 50% of all the "foreigners" living in Switzerland. They are called immigrants, but are actua
by romanoderoma 6y ago
French , Germans and Italians.
Which, together, still make today 50% of all the "foreigners" living in Switzerland.
They are called immigrants, but are actually people with a grandfather who went there 50-60 years ago who never became a regular citizen.
- microtherion 6y agoThat used to be common until a few decades ago, but naturalization for Swiss-born children of immigrants has become much easier in recent years (and much more of a legal right, rather than a privilege granted at the discretion of communities). Only 0.1% of the Swiss population are non-naturalized third generation immigrants, and only 2.4% are non-naturalized second generation immigrants. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/migration-integration/by-migration-status.html https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/m... This is still higher than e.g. in the US, where the corresponding numbers are close to zero, but it's not nearly as high as it used to be.