Swiss voters made the right call rejecting a population cap that would've kneecapped the economy. 55% said no to slashing migration because cutting ties with the EU Single Market would cost far more than it saves. Access to needed workers and European trade beats hard-line immigration controls every time.
The Swiss immigration debate gets distorted when people ignore the actual facts on the ground. The largest immigrant groups in Switzerland are European, the country has no conventional public welfare system, and health care is privately funded. Framing this vote as a rejection of harmful migration misses that Switzerland's population boom is a very different story than anti-immigration rhetoric suggests.
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