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...gemacht! Bon faite, garçon! Whether it is his multi-lingual Swiss compatriots or just a group of Crimson Crazies, sophomore defender and part-time forward extraordinaire Kwaku Nyamekye is quickly becoming the newest fan favorite to grace the pitch at Ohiri. “He’s just an amazing athlete,” said senior goalkeeper Adam Hahn. “His athleticism, his awareness and the way he can combine that athleticism with a nice touch on the ball. It’d be tough to find a better centerback in the country...
...cultural discordance the large numbers of immigrants has brought is familiar to many European countries. "I'm the only Swiss citizen in my apartment building," says Juliana Hochstrasser, 68, shopping near her home in the middle-class Zurich suburb of Dübendorf. "If I put up a notice in the laundry, my neighbors cannot even read it," she says, adding that she had already mailed in her vote for the People's Party...
...Foreigners in Switzerland face an added burden over those elsewhere in Europe: Under Swiss law, immigrants can apply for naturalization only after 12 years - a far longer wait than the five to seven years that are most prevalent in the the rest of Western Europe. The process is also arduous: Would-be immigrants are vetted first in their local communes by regular citizens, than at the canton level, before being approved by federal authorities. "I came here when I was seven. I got my Swiss passport only two years ago," says Kocakir Abdurrahman, 37, a Turkish taxi driver in Zurich...
...says their target is not all foreigners, but those who commit serious crimes like rape and murder; they point out that about 70% of those in Swiss prisons are foreign-born residents. Schlüer says that the waves of African and Balkan refugees during the past two decades are evidence enough of Switzerland's openness. "Integration is a success," he says. Yet it is largely because of its anti-immigrant stance that the party's ranks have soared; the SVP has nearly doubled its members of parliament since 1995, from 29 to 55 this year. That number could increase...
...that strategy might be working. More than 200,000 Swiss have signed a People's Party initiative - the first step towards debating a new law in parliament - to deport immigrants who commit violent crimes, even after they have served prison sentences, and to deport entire families of immigrants, if the accused is under 18 years...