22 percent of them born elsewhere

Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Only a minority of Swiss think there are too many foreigners living in the country,   Country-wide, 45.7 percent of those asked say that there are too many foreigners living in Switzerland, while 53.7 percent say the number of non-Swiss is not too high.

A slim majority of Swiss Germans (50.9 percent) believe there are too many foreigners, while the French-speaking cantons (67.3 percent) and Italian-speakers in Ticino  (61.3 percent) are more open towards foreigners, according to the poll by Isopublic, published by Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger Saturday 7 November.

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