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The quota for foreigners will not be reduced: a defeat for Baume-Schneider

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Elisabeth Baume-Schneider has appeared in the Federal Council with her plan to reduce the alien quota.

This is a defeat for SP federal councilor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (59). The Minister of Migration wanted companies to be allowed to recruit less skilled workers from outside the EU. But it wasn’t just the economy that wasn’t doing well. Baume-Schneider also appeared in the Federal Council.

Today, up to 12,000 specialists from so-called third countries can come to Switzerland every year. 3,500 of the residence permits are reserved for employees from the former EU member state Great Britain. For 2024, Baume-Schneider wanted to reduce the maximum to 9,600 people – and abolish the special quota for British people.

Parmelin fought back fiercely

But nothing will come of it. Next year, the same number of workers from countries outside the EU and EFTA should be able to live and work in Switzerland as in 2023. The Federal Council has decided to leave the quota for third countries unchanged. SVP Minister of Economic Affairs Guy Parmelin (64) is said to have vehemently opposed Baume-Schneider’s plans.

The Federal Council heard the social partners and the cantons on Wednesday in favor of the decision. The quotas have not been fully used in recent years, writes the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM). By the end of October 2023, 68 percent of the B residence permits for active third-country nationals and 65 percent of the L permits for short stays had been used.

The quotas for service providers from the EU and EFTA also remain unchanged. The special quota for workers from Great Britain also remains unchanged. (dba)

Source:Blick

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