EU immigration into Switzerland hit record high before voter backlash

More immigrants from the European Union entered Switzerland than ever before in 2013, the year before Swiss voters put their country at odds with Brussels by backing a cap on immigration from the bloc.

A net 66,200 EU citizens emigrated to Switzerland last year, the highest number since a free movement of people pact came into force in 2002, the State Secretariat for Economics (SECO) said in its annual report which examines the effect of the agreement on the Swiss economy.

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ESO: Background information: Negotiating mandate for an EU-Switzerland institutional framework agreement http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-negotiating-mandate-for-an-eu-switzerlandinstitutional-framework-agreement/

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