Swiss begin vote on immigration quotas

Voting has begun in Switzerland in a controversial referendum to limit the number of immigrants.

The proposal from right-wing Swiss People's Party, calls on the country to abandon its EU commitments to the free movement of people.

Opinion polls have shown a shift in favour of limiting the number of immigrants putting the country on a collision course with the EU.

The two sides set out their arguments. Christoph Blocher  from the Committee of the proposal against mass immigration said:

"Recru...
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