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Brussels begins retaliation against Swiss referendum result
A day after the Swiss government cancelled its freedom of movement agreement with Croatia, Brussels has frozen grants to Swiss universities and research facilities worth hundreds of millions of euros. The EU’s initial retaliatory strike has not just removed Switzerland from the Horizon 20920 scheme which provides funds for research and...
Swiss people want EU deals to stand despite referendum result
Results of a post-referendum survey released yesterday indicate that, in spite of the referendum result, three quarters of those polled want a raft of EU deals to remain. The survey, undertaken by the Sonntags Blick newspaper, questioned 1002 Swiss nationals, with only 19 per cent of respondents saying they wanted the country to distance...
Will Swiss immigration vote force out expat executives
Swiss voters last Sunday forced their government to embark on what could be the most dangerous experiment in immigration reform history. The Swiss government must now cap immigration numbers, excluding many of the large number of expats who wish to work and settle in the wealthy country. Although the referendum’s proposal hasn’t yet...
Swiss referendum favouring restricted immigration passes with narrow margin
Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a referendum proposal to reinstate strict limits on the number of EU migrants. The controversial referendum, sparked by fears that increasing immigration would upset the balance of the fiercely independent country by introducing high numbers of Muslim migrants, was finally supported by the present...
Is Brit mass migratory exodus from Spain just a rumour
Newly released figures from Spain’s Institute of National Statistics seem to reveal a mass exodus of British expats from favourite beach and retirement destinations, but is it just a vicious rumour? Statistics showed that, from January 2012 to January 2013, the number of British expats living in Spain had fallen by an estimated 13,000,...
Switzerland plans cuts in social welfare for migrant EU citizens
Unemployment benefit and other social welfare benefits paid to EU jobseekers as well as those from Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland are likely to be cut, according to the Swiss government. The move mirrors increasing concern amongst residents over increased immigration and unemployment, and will be discussed in the Swiss parliament in...
Increasing EU migration fuelled by Eurozone crisis
The ever-increasing number of EU citizens migrating in search of work is a major indication that not enough is being done to solve the monetary crisis in the Eurozone, according to officials. The analysis has been prompted by scaremongering reports about huge numbers of migrants from Bulgaria and Romania arriving in other EU states after...
UK government urged to intervene on Malta Golden passport scheme
Malta’s new ‘Golden Passport’ scheme which allows investors to purchase passports for £650,000 is under fire from Labour Party shadow ministers. The controversial scheme, recently passed through the Maltese parliament, aims to attract wealthy non EU citizen investors, but its critics say it will be used as a back-door entry...
Danish former justice minister calls for grouping of immigrants
Whilst Denmark isn’t exactly at the top of the list for would-be migrants, it seems to have similar problems about attracting the right type of expat as many other first world countries. The former Danish justice minister, Brian Mikkelsen, has put forward a suggestion that prospective immigrants should be divided into two groups, the bad...
UK government should focus on frozen pensions scandal not winter fuel payment
UK retirees who have or are planning to emigrate to countries where their state pension will be frozen are angry at the government’s focus on the rights and wrongs of expat winter fuel payment whilst they struggle to get by. The less than popular millionaire Minister for Work and Pensions, Ian Duncan-Smith, hit the headlines again...
