Switzerland rejects citizenship bids of residents who have been on welfare
Under a new civil rights law, if a resident has been on welfare in the last 3 years they can't qualify for citizen status- unless they pay back the dole they got. Brilliant move.
Read the rest at the link.The new regulations will make it impossible for asylum seekers and migrants who have lived off state handouts in the last three years to become citizens even if they have lived in Switzerland as permanent residents for the required time to make a citizenship application, Kronen Zeitungreports.