Carter, Tom,

Switzerland's Love-Hate Affair with Immigrants. Tom Carter. - World & I, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 14, Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Switzerland's Love-Hate Affair with Immigrants, April 2005; pp. n.p..

"Jean-Marc Buhler, manager of the Hotel Zurcherhof, says that 55 percent of his hotel, kitchen, and dining-room staff are foreigners--from the Philippines, Eastern Europe, and Germany. 'Absolutely, they are good workers. I couldn't stay open without foreign workers,' Buhler said. A good waiter can make $45,000 a year, he said. 'But the Swiss won't do this work,' he said. 'They want to work in a bank, sit behind a desk, or work on a computer.'...Buhler said that in Zurich almost 30 percent of the population is foreign-born, compared with about 20 percent in the rest of Switzerland and about 12 percent in Europe as a whole and in the United States." (WORLD & I) This article discusses Switzerland's reliance on foreign workers, despite the pronounced anti-immigrant sentiment by some Swiss citizens.

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Alien labor
Emigration and immigration--Switzerland
Immigrants--Attitudes toward
Immigrants--Switzerland


Switzerland--Ethnic relations
Switzerland--Politics and government

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