While on the topic of new immigration laws in other countries, have you seen what the Swiss are doing?

Question

"It's not nice having to reject people. You can only justify it in the context of a bigger aim," said the minister from the rightwing Swiss People's Party.

"You have to be strong to send these people back. But the law is not inhumane, it continues to protect genuine refugees."

Blocher's speech comes ahead of a referendum on September 24, when Swiss voters will decide whether to accept harsher measures included in the revised law. They include cutting social welfare payments to asylum seekers and the raising of the maximum detention for foreigners awaiting deportation to 18 months.

The changes were approved by parliament last December, but were challenged by a coalition of centre-left parties, church groups and aid organisations, which collected enough signatures to force a referendum on the issue."

"The justice minister said human traffickers were responsible for most of the people who come to Switzerland seeking asylum. "[They] are organised criminals. Sending the asylum seekers back home within a couple of weeks is drying up their business.


Paradise

"The paradise that is Switzerland is not big enough for everybody.""

Boy does THAT sound familiar!

My theory is that around the world, the 'lifeboat' countries have reached their level of tolerance for free migration and are now only open to what benefits their country and to true refugees.

What do you think?

http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Justice_minister_defends_asylum_law.html?siteSect=105&sid=6987462

Thanks Lucky.

Stealth, well at least the aliens NASA might let in might be of an unusual sort....

Rique - I'm in my own country and I'm not going anywhere.

Answer 1

I think: How can we be so intelligent to send a man to the moon-- and a few remote spacecrafts to Mars' the size of a house...yet, we can't seem to enforce the law!

I nominate NASA a candidate for the '08 Presidential Election

--Rob

Answer 2

somebody has to step up and lead. enough is enough. why have a country or a sovereign state if anyone can cross your borders and remain illegally ? if that's the case we should just call ourselves the people of earth and travel as we feel. no more individuality. no more pride.

got the pew story from the Washington post. just google pew immigration

Answer 3

The USA should wake up as the Swiss have done. Self destruction was not the intent of the Founders. Freedom of Religion was not intended to apply to ideologies such as Isam, communism, and socialism.... ie: the left.

Answer 4

DAR here is the link to the study you asked for from UNIVERSAL.

http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/69.pdf

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001711.html

Answer 5

uh, boys and girls we already had a history of no borders and people going anywhere they wanted.

They called it 'The Stone Age'.

Answer 6

WHO CARES ABOUT THE SWISS. GO TO THEIR LAND AND ENJOY THEIR LAWS.

Answer 7

shut up rique!

Answer 8

thanks DAR very interesting and it sounded very familiar