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Shaped by Switzerland’s unique geopolitical position—surrounded by European Union (EU) member states but not itself a member—the country’s immigration policies have evolved through direct democracy mechanisms, bilateral agreements with the EU, and domestic political debates over the social and economic impacts of migration.
The Health Protection at Work shall not apply in Switzerland as labor law, but is treated under the accident insurance law . The working conditions of foreign workers (ISVA minimum standards in employment contracts) are posted only for individual projects / assignments in Switzerland. It is mainly wage and social dumping preventio.
The Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration (FNIA) (German: Ausländer- und Integrationsgesetz (AIG), French: Loi fédérale sur les étrangers et l’intégration (LEI), Italian: Legge federale sugli stranieri e la loro integrazione (LStrI)), [1] previously known as Foreign Nationals Act (FNA) until 1 January 2019, [2] is a Swiss federal law that regulates the immigration, residence ...
Under the agreements, citizens of the EU have the right to live and work in Switzerland and citizens of Switzerland have the right to live and work in the EU. The government recognizes professional qualifications, the right to buy property and social insurance benefits. [12]
close ties to Switzerland, i.e. travelling regularly to Switzerland, being an active member of a Swiss club abroad, and/or having close relations to the family of their Swiss spouse. Spouses acquiring Swiss citizenship by facilitated naturalisation will acquire the citizenship of their Swiss spouse's place and canton of origin. [citation needed]
The citizens of the member states of the European Economic Area (which includes the EU) have the same right of freedom of movement in the EEA as EU citizens do within the Union. [25] Additionally, the European Union, its member states, and Switzerland have concluded a multilateral agreement with the same meaning. [26]
Switzerland has implemented and seeks to standardise the Swiss Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in efforts to protect defenders internally and on rights-driven missions to other nation states. [14] however, Switzerland is a forerunner in the field of the right to digital integrity.
Citizens of the European Economic Area (the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) and Switzerland enjoy the freedom to travel to, live in, and work in any participating country without needing a work permit or visa, although transitory dispositions may restrict the rights of citizens of new member states to work in other countries.