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Verdingkinder (literally: "contract children" or "indentured child labourers") were children in Switzerland who were taken from their parents, often due to poverty or for "moral reasons" (usually because their mothers were unmarried and poor), of Gypsy–Yeniche (Swiss German also Fahrende) origin [6] [7] and sent to live with new families, often poor farmers who needed cheap labour.
My family lived in New York, California, and Connecticut before moving abroad. In school, my kids have kids from 40 different countries. My kids are treated like responsible people and I'm not ...
In 2013 there were a total of 1,937,447 permanent residents (23.8% of the total population of 8.14 million) in Switzerland. [26] [27] The majority (1.65 million, 85% of the total immigrants and 20.2% of the total population) came from Europe. The following chart shows permanent resident numbers from selected regions and countries every 5 years.
Gun politics in Switzerland are unique in Europe in that 2–3.5 million guns are in the hands of civilians, giving the nation an estimate of 28–41 guns per 100 people. [128] As per the Small Arms Survey, only 324,484 guns are owned by the military. [129] Only 143,372 are in the hands of soldiers. [130] However, ammunition is no longer issued.
In 2017, permanent residents who spoke German (mostly Swiss German dialects) as their main language or co-main language numbered about 63% (5.2 million), followed by 22.9% (1.9 million) for French (mostly Swiss French, but including some Franco-Provençal dialects), 8.2% (678,000) for Italian (mostly Swiss Italian, but including Insubric ...
Ten years of lawful residence in Switzerland including three of the five years immediately preceding the application. [15] The time spent in Switzerland between the ages of 8 and 18 is doubled when counted for purposes of applying for naturalisation, however, an applicant must have spent at least six years in Switzerland. [ 16 ]
In 2013, eight million 5-cent coins (one per inhabitant) were dumped on the Bundesplatz to support the popular initiative for a basic income. The discussion about basic income in Switzerland began in the 1980s, initially amongst academics such as sociologists who saw the potential to alleviate poverty better than the current system.
Some 318,000 families, including 1.1 million children, were affected by the two-child limit as of April 2, according to Government statistics. Some 318,000 families, including 1.1 million children ...