Swiss Move Towards Barring Eurozone Refugees!

• Swiss move towards barring Eurozone refugees! 
  by Nick Meo, Geneva, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 
  Thousands of jobless young people from southern European countries ravaged by the eurozone crisis have come to work in Switzerland. But the Swiss are starting to think there too many: a referendum may reimpose immigration quotas.
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  The Edelweiss Hotel in the heart of Geneva is as Swiss as a cuckoo clock, with chalet-style pine furniture, spotless rooms, and staff in smart uniforms modelled on Alpine folk costumes.
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  They look the part, but none of the 38 waiters, chambermaids and receptionists are actually Swiss: nearly all are economic refugees from the eurozone, like Vera Correia, 24.
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  A year ago she was a secretary with a small computer firm near Porto, earning 700 euros (£570) a month, but after years of economic gloom she decided she had no future at home in Portugal. Now she cleans rooms for a salary of 3,500 Swiss Francs (£2,356) a month.
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  “My boss said it was a pity to become a cleaner after I had done so much studying,” she said. “But my pay has gone up here and I will try to find a similar position to my old one when my French is better.”
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  So many young Portuguese, Greeks, Italians and Spaniards have streamed in to try their luck – 75,000 foreigners arrived last year – that calls are growing to re-introduce immigration quotas.
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