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Yes, but the reason for that is, that Switzerland has a really difficult naturalisation process and is a smaller country. If all humans migrate a similar dista
by xorfish 6y ago
Yes, but the reason for that is, that Switzerland has a really difficult naturalisation process and is a smaller country.
If all humans migrate a similar distance on average, you would expect that a smaller country that is surrounded by other countries to have a higher proportion of immigrants.
Notice that for Switzerland, you need to use the term non-citizens and can't use the term immigrant. That is because a good portion of the non-citizens are not immigrants and have lived here for their entire life.
- cainxinth 6y agoSwitzerland is also what I call (non-pejoratively) an amalgam country. It’s a got a lot of German and Italian influences. Just like Belgium, which is a mix of French, German, and Dutch cultures.
- lesderid 6y agoAFAIK, Switzerland and Belgium are very different. Belgium is culturally very divided: the two major cultures (Dutch-speaking and French-speaking) are hardly mixed, especially in recent times, with the exception of Brussels. From conversations with a Swiss friend, I gather that the cultures in Switzerland are much more mixed in daily life.
- cainxinth 6y agoI didn't mean to imply Switzerland and Belgium are similar. I was saying that they are countries with national identities that are heavily influenced by their neighbors.
- ThePadawan 6y agoI live in German-speaking and Switzerland and the division between here and French-speaking Switzerland is massive. There's a reason there's a whole "trench" named after it [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6stigraben https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6stigraben