Switzerland votes to curb EU immigration

[celedhring]

I never cared too much about the US government fingerprinting me when I came to the country. Guess I'm accostumed to opression. Or I just don't give a shit.

Always made me believe I would be in those magical databases they use in CSI and other police shows

[alfred russel]

Always made me believe I would be in those magical databases they use in CSI and other police shows

You probably are. If one day your town is being hit with drone strikes, it is probably because your fingerprint is similar to some Al Qaeda wannabe's. I suggest you be especially vigilant on your wedding day.

[Ed Anger]

Foriegners should be anal probed.

[Razgovory]

The EU should not have accepted the Swiss cherry-picking in the first place and I hope they have enough backbone to actually cancel all the treaties as stipulated in them once Switzerland enacts a new law which limits freedom of movement. We shouldn't grant them full access to our markets if they don't in turn grant our citizens full access to their job market. And if they want to compromise, they better bring their banking secret or something else that is worthwhile to the table.

You guys should just besiege the fuckers.  Nobody goes in or out.

[Admiral Yi]

We have more migration controls than basically any other non repressive regime in the world.

Balderdash.  Something like 50% of the world's immigration comes to the US.  We grant something like 90% of new citizenships in the world.

[Siege]

Why swiss people don't speak swiss?

[Sheilbh]

Any basis for those stats Yi?

This will help UKIP a lot.

[Admiral Yi]

Any basis for those stats Yi?

Probably either the Economist or the NYT.

[alfred russel]

We have more migration controls than basically any other non repressive regime in the world.

Balderdash.  Something like 50% of the world's immigration comes to the US.  We grant something like 90% of new citizenships in the world.

I was talking about border controls, not immigration. The process of visiting the US is difficult and expensive for the citizens of countries that aren't western europe, canada, etc. A US passport is generally less desirable than say a German one because so many countries hit the US with reciprocity sanctions.

That said, upon reflection I think Japan is worse than we are.

[Ed Anger]

Why swiss people don't speak swiss?

[Sheilbh]

Any basis for those stats Yi?

Probably either the Economist or the NYT.

They both sound like nonsense.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm sorry they didn't please you.

[Ed Anger]

I'm sorry they didn't please you.

You need to spice up your numbers with a PowerPoint.

[Sheilbh]

I'm sorry they didn't please you.

I'll be okay.

Looking it up the US doesn't even have half the OECD's immigration (though it's about 40%) and average naturalisations in the US are at 680 000 pa, in the UK they're 170 000 pa.

[Syt]

The big cities in Siwtzerland - Basel, Geneva, Zürich - where most immigration occurs voted against the measures. It's mostly the rural areas, which are less affected by it, that voted in favor of it.