Switzerland: 53% yes, the deportation of immigrant criminals

November 1928, 2010.

In a referendum held today in Switzerland, 53 percent of voters voted in favor of adopting the draft law on deportation of immigrants, as proposed by the Swiss People's Party.

The law provides for deportation of all those immigrants who have made a crime (robbery, murders, rapes, etc.). It is the first such law passed in a European country.

The Group for Human Rights, Amnesty International, called the current day as a "dark day for human rights in Switzerland." The draft law is expected to be deported hundreds of foreigners.