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Out of the 1.9M immigrants/permanent residents in Switzerland, 1.6M (84%) are from Europe:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Switzerland

For Canada, the top ten breakdown of immigrants are: 8.9% from India, 8.6% from China, 7.8% from Philippines, 6.6% from UK, 3.3% from US, 3% from Italy, 2.8% from Hong Kong, 2.7% from Pakistan, 2.2% from Vietnam, 2.1% from Iran. Add those up, and you're only up to about 50%; there's a long tail out from there.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Canada#Sources_...

A lot more of a mosaic/melting pot in Canada than Switzerland.



So? How does any of that prove Switzerland is xenophobic?




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