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Agreement-based recruitment programs with southern European countries, particularly Italy [2], Spain [3], and Portugal, facilitated the arrival of thousands of “guest workers.” During this period, Switzerland’s immigration laws centred on seasonal or temporary labour, limiting foreign workers’ long-term settlement options.
Population growth in Switzerland is mostly due to immigration: in 2009, there have been 78,286 live births recorded (74% Swiss, 26% foreign nationalities), contrasting with 62,476 deaths (92% Swiss, 8% foreigners). Thus, of the population growth rate of 1.1% during 2009, about 0.2% are due to births, and 0.9% due to immigration.
A Swiss passport. Visa requirements for Swiss citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Switzerland.. As of July 2024, Swiss citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the Swiss passport 4th, tied with passport from Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway and United Kingdom in the world ...
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.
Available to the citizens of Cyprus. Other EU citizens do not require a visa. Uganda [292] Available to all EU citizens. Visa on arrival also available. Vietnam [293] Available to all EU citizens. Some of the eVisa eligible nationals do not require a visa for visits up to 15 days. Zambia [294] Available to all EU citizens. Visa on arrival also ...
Citizens from the European Union make up a growing proportion of immigrants in Spain. They mainly come from countries like the UK and Germany, but the British case is of special interest due to its magnitude. The British authorities estimate that the British population in Spain at 700,000. [49]
Trade between Spain and Switzerland, as recorded in the trade balance when it is drawn from the data of customs, which is unavoidable because neither the Bank of Spain nor the Swiss National Bank publish balance-of-payments data broken down by countries, traditionally reflecting an imbalance against Spain that materializes at a coverage rate of around 60%.
In Switzerland, the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration" (German: Eidgenössische Volksinitiative "Gegen Masseneinwanderung", French: Initiative populaire « Contre l'immigration de masse », Italian: Iniziativa popolare "Contro l'immigrazione di massa") was a referendum that aimed to limit immigration through quotas, [3] as it had been prior to the bilateral treaties between ...