Abstract
The main aim of the paper is to present Swiss migration policy from the second part of the 20thg century till present. This policy has evolved over recent decades. It was strongly influenced by the economic need for workers on the one hand, and by xenophobic opinions that made this policy more strict. The central part of the paper concerns the popular initiative voted through on 9 February 2014, when the Swiss nation decided to limit the free movement of people between Switzerland and the European Union.
Highlights
Migration policy is set in the political and legal system of the state, yet its nor mative and functional grounds are primarily influenced by the external environment (Labayle, 2005, pp. 11-12; Oellers-Frahm, 2003, pp. 33-34)
A good migration policy aims at a situation whereby both natives and immi grants feel safe in Switzerland
As we look back at this history of Swiss migration policy, the popular initiative is not surprising
Summary
Migration policy is set in the political and legal system of the state, yet its nor mative and functional grounds are primarily influenced by the external (inter national) environment (Labayle, 2005, pp. 11-12; Oellers-Frahm, 2003, pp. 33-34). A good migration policy aims at a situation whereby both natives and immi grants feel safe in Switzerland This is why everyone must accept the fundamen tal Swiss rules of living together. Such a significant change is a result of a migration policy that led to an influx of foreigners This has had an undeniable influence upon the structure and dynamics of criminal activity in Switzerland, especially the struc ture and dynamics of the criminal activities of foreign nationals. These were the reasons that laid foundations of the scientific hypothesis o f this paper that the Swiss migration policy evolved through the 20th century from liberal one to the strict one in the 21st century under social influence (expressed through popular initiatives such as referendum). The research method was the dogmatic method which refers to the analysis of the legislation and academic literature, based on libraries search made in Swit zerland in Bern, Zurich and Neuchatel
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