Swiss vote to raise barriers to asylum-seekers
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Neutral Switzerland backed plans on   Sunday to make it harder for asylum-seekers to gain entry to   the rich Alpine state, according to early poll projections.
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Neutral Switzerland, home to   humanitarian agencies and the International Committee of the   Red Cross, voted by a big majority on Sunday to make it harder   for asylum-seekers to gain entry to the rich Alpine state.
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A poll finds more than eight in 10 people in Scotland believe asylum seekers should be allowed to work.
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Swiss voters rejected controversial reforms making it easier for children and grandchildren of immigrants to gain citizenship in the country, official results showed.
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The Swiss parliament's biggest party pushes for a national ban on minarets.
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In a referendum on Sunday, Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a law that allows medical research on stem cells taken from human embryos but bars cloning.
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GENEVA -- Switzerland opened its doors a little further yesterday to workers from the rest of Europe by dropping decades-old quotas it has maintained on the number of people allowed to seek jobs in the economically booming country.
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A Swiss referendum to cancel the law on root cell use taken from human embryo, resulted. The 66 percent of Swiss participants in a public survey said they supported a law passed by the Swiss government in
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Switzerland's reputation as a haven of tolerance for immigrants has been undermined in recent weeks by calls for a ban on new minarets, a mysterious synagogue blaze and neo-Nazi threats to disrupt national day celebrations.
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Swiss voters head to the polls to decide whether the country should impose more restrictive asylum laws.
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GENEVA - Swiss voters have overwhelming backed a proposal to allow stem-cell research on human embryos. The new law won the support of more than 66 per cent of voters.
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Voters in Switzerland reject measures to give the children of immigrants the right to become Swiss citizens.
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In Monday&#39;s European papers, Swiss voters&#39; rejection of proposals to loosen its tough citizenship rules is met with disappointment.
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A Muslim scholar said Wednesday he is seeking Swiss government support after being denied a U.S. visa to teach at the Univesity of Notre Dame.
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Two-thirds of Swiss voters on Sunday endorsed government-proposed legislation to allow limited stem cell research, local media reported.
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Dashing the chance for almost 200,000 youngsters to get citizenship easily, voters in Switzerland yesterday rejected two government proposals to loosen tough naturalization rules.
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Swiss voters go to the polls after a campaign marred by riots and accusations of racism.