"Stay away from our high school grounds. Don’t come near our church. Above all, don’t even think about jumping into our swimming pool. These are just some of the apartheid-style restrictions the Swiss town of Bremgarten has tried to introduce this summer to keep asylum seekers out of its public spaces. The measures were agreed to after an old military complex in this town of 6,500 was earmarked as a reception center for up to 150 asylum seekers, due to remain open for three years. Together with the town’s authorities, Switzerland’s Federal Office for Migration drew up a list of 32 "sensitive zones" from which inmates of the complex would be excluded, including a church, sports facilities and a swimming pool."
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:22:17 +0000
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