Swiss referendum on immigration

February 12, 2014   According to Robert Misik, Xenophobia was just one of the reasons why 50.3% of those who voted in Switzerland’s recent referendum on immigration back strict quotas for immigration from European Union countries; a provincial mentality and anti-EU sentiment also played a role.   Read more: http://en.qantara.de/content/swiss-referendum-on-immigration-the-swiss-against-the-world

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The German Interior Ministry’s Controversial Poster Campaign: Encouraging Prejudice and Paranoia

Sometimes good intentions are just not enough: a new campaign by the German interior ministry, says Robert Misik, only contributes to the widespread paranoia about “the Muslims” – and thus encourages the very radicalism it wants to fight The German interior ministry is currently on the hunt for missing persons. In fact, quite a lot…

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