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> Of course, I don't hear a lot of negatives about Switzerland. Except from the IRS, of course :) That's your opinion because you're not an "Ausländer" (foreig

> Of course, I don't hear a lot of negatives about Switzerland. Except from the IRS, of course :) That's your opinion because you're not an "Ausländer" (foreigner) living in Switzerland. See: * http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Council_of_Europe_attacks_racism_in_Switzerland.html?cid=9576 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Council_of_Europe_attac... * http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Specials/Parliamentary_elections_2007/News/Peoples_Party_accused_of_racist_campaign.html?cid=245112 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Specials/Parliamentary_elections... * http://www.humanrights.ch/en/Switzerland/Human-Rights-in-Internal-Affairs/Racism/Studies/idart_4552-content.html http://www.humanrights.ch/en/Switzerland/Human-Rights-in-Int... I was thinking of moving to Switzerland, but in the end I had the feeling that there's a significant portion of the population who would like to keep it "Swiss." Also, immigration laws are rather harsh.

algorias 15y ago
>there's a significant portion of the population who would like to keep it "Swiss." s/significant/vocal and you're closer to the mark. The right wing party here routinely attempts to shift blame of every conceivable problem to the fact that there are lots of foreigners living here. It's not that there aren't real issues (e.g. abuse of asylum rights), but they tend to be blown vastly out of proportion.