2024-09-12 14:33:45
Written in English, the text read in part: “Foreigners, it’s illegal… in 2014, the Swiss voted in a referendum to stop mass immigration from the EU, but the government is ignoring it lawlessly due to pressure from employers and economic giants!”
It also included disparaging comments about the impact foreign nationals have had on the country which read: “It has turned our beautiful country into an overcrowded, overcrowded, foreign very expensive and traditional—aside from the shit hole.”
What is interesting is that the search is only aimed at immigrants from the EU and EFTA states (Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) – evidenced by the images of the flags of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland and the Czech Republic – rather than refugees or asylum seekers.
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The leaflet also warns that if foreigners do not leave Switzerland, riots will start in 2025.
It was placed in people’s homes but there are also unconfirmed reports that some foreigners received one at their work address.
The author’s identity is unknown but the name “Eidg. Widerstand 78p” is printed in small letters on the edge of the pamphlet.
Experts say it is highly unlikely that the far-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) had anything to do with it.
That’s because the party doesn’t operate anonymously, and all of its campaign materials are printed in one of the country’s three official languages—not in English.
And the hurtful language in the pamphlet was very bearable even for the SVP.
Radicalization researcher Dirk Baier has it pointed finger in the other group, Junge Tat, the dominant organization on Switzerland’s right-wing extremist scene.
“The fact that Junge Tat does not reveal his identity is part of his strategy,” he said.
The party in question has, however, denied any part in writing or circulating the literature.
But he has not distanced himself from the pamphlet’s message.
“The demand for renewed implementation of the mass immigration initiative is fair and democratic – not racist,” and they said.
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What should you do if you receive the document?
If you are legally in Switzerland, regardless of which country you are in, you should ignore this message, even if its contents are disturbing.
You can, if you want, bring it to your local police station, but unless there are many complaints from many other recipients, law enforcement may not do anything about it.
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