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Becoming a Swiss citizen is not about to get any easier (Photo: European Commission)

Swiss vote no to making citizenship easier for immigrants

The Swiss people have voted against making it easier for immigrants to become Swiss citizens in a referendum held yesterday (26 September).

Well over half (57 percent) of citizens voted against proposals to facilitate the naturalisation process for people educated in Switzerland. These so-called "second-generation" immigrants have attended school in Switzerland for at least five years.

A smaller majority (52 percent) rejected a plan to grant automatic citizenship to the "third g...

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