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Swiss exports have been hit badly by the downturn (Photo: Aldo Mariano)

Switzerland looks set to limit EU migrants

Faced with rising unemployment, the Swiss government is currently working on a dossier that would see limits imposed on the number of EU workers entering the landlocked alpine country.

Under bilateral accords signed with the EU, the Swiss government is entitled to limit the number of workers entering the country from the original EU15 member states, as well as from Cyprus and Malta, if unemployment rises above a certain threshold.

Access to the country's job market was never ex...

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Swiss exports have been hit badly by the downturn (Photo: Aldo Mariano)

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