Sure. But multi-culturalism isn't a "good" or "bad" thing. It happens organically, with people moving (legally) between countries. Nothing to do with massive illegal immigration tho.

"Switzerland just manages to secure its borders better than most .." I would like to agree with you but Switzerland, like all the EU countries in Schengen, relies on the EU external border countries to secure the borders.

Cultural diversity is good, and is not the root of the problem. The problem arises when you have pockets of sub-cultures that are then exploited by the left with identity politics. We have situations where the left tends to use this to divide instead of uniting a society. They prevent proper integration.

Notoriously left organisations, such as the KKK presumably.

and in the meantime what do you propose we do about the young kids starving and dying of cold in refugee camps all over? Serious question, your suggestions please.

Yeah, what you need is to build awareness and launch a real right wing poster campaign to bring together all those different cultures in a big old hug fest, dontcha?

A group of 15 law professors nationwide has reportedly filed a professional misconduct complaint against White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, saying she "brings shame upon the legal profession."

The letter was filed with the office that handles misconduct by members of the Washington, D.C. bar, The Washington Post said Friday.
Conway was admitted in 1995.

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Could not happen to a nicer lady

So one bunch of lawyers is accusing another of bringing shame on the profession?

Pot, kettle, black?

I think that's exactly the difference, though. Everyone talks about securing borders as if that's the be all and end all and will solve the problem. Switzerland makes it so you are pretty much forced to make yourself known to the authorities otherwise you can't get anywhere. No housing, no job, no healthcare, no schooling for your kids.

Basically, you can wander into the country disguised as a lump of cheese but it doesn't matter if you can't have access to anything when you get here.

OK, so there is an element which is surviving quite nicely without having to register with the local authority but the current system here means that is minimal compared to, say, the US or the UK where everyone suddenly starts losing their minds if they are expected to carry ID documents or register with the authorities.

No system is perfect but it is clear that purely tackling border security is pointless if it's a free-for-all once you get in.

i think you can stop with the right left nonsense. Forming ghettos of minority subcultures has been orchestrated by pretty much every majority group.

Switzerland can only afford to have open borders because the neighbouring countries are not too different from Switzerland, and are also generally law abiding and peaceful, and because overall illigal immigration is relatively insignificant.

Nevertheless, the authorities do sometimes clamp down on illegality. They regularly raid building sites and brothels for example to clamp down on anybody working there without the necessary paperwork (and on the bosses who knowingly employ such people). Society as a whole is supportive of such clampdowns as they feel the same rules need to apply for everybody. This has nothing to do with xenophobia but just with civic sense.

If there were suddenly a far higher number of illegals and these were having a serious effect on certain sectors of the economy, I'm sure people would be supportive of there being more thorough actions, including protection of borders.

Worth watching to the end...

1. Censorship
2. EF (srsly)

The neighbouring countries are part of the issue, though, aren't they? All the bleating about Germany and France being "overrun" (is that the word they use, or "swarms" - I forget now) of illegal immigrants you would think they'd filter into Switzerland as it's as near as damn it but they don't because it's too full of red tape and has a functioning system, which makes it a hassle.

I said above that there is an element of illegal immigration here which is able to stay under the radar more or less but my point was that this is pretty small compared to other neighbouring countries.

Depends on your tolerances, though. Some people might indeed want Switzerland rid of none-Swiss and others might like the idea of mixing things up a bit.

Facts about migration and crime in Sweden

Official statement here from the Swedish Government (in English)

You know the expression "talk to the organ grinder not the monkey!"

Sorry to double post but the topic is in more than one thread

True, so far as I know the only Western country with a relatively high number of illegals is the US

There are 8 billion people in the world, and half live in poverty.
Why is Europe successful and other parts of the world in an endless loop of war and poverty?
Are we responsible for saving the world?
Is the answer to bring the 4 billion poor people into Europe?

I did ask for a clear answer- not another question.

What do we do NOW about the children refugees dying of cold of hunger NOW? Please, your practical suggestions.

Nt wanting to make this personal- but I have to ask- where are YOU from? Is Switzerland responsible for unemployment and poor conditions in other parts of the world - that brought many here, including on EF?

Good or bad he's expensive. The last one's state funded travel costs averaged Ca. 1 million per month and this one manages 10 million in one month

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Most of those other parts of the world were ravaged by European colonialism.

War and poverty are good agents of instability. So we can eat cheap bananas and drink cheap coffee, etc.

'Swiss' chocolate.

I thought this was a disgusting piece of showmanship. He could have gone there, let the media take video and pics from afar showing his actions, and spoken quietly with the families of those whose graves were vandalized. Then he could have held a press conference later at the town hall or something.

To stand there on people's graves with a megaphone was just classless.