Swiss lawmakers propose DNA tests for immigrants
Swiss lawmakers proposed that immigrants from 35 countries should undergo DNA testing.
Monday, 05.11.2007.
09:55
Swiss lawmakers proposed that immigrants from 35 countries should undergo DNA testing. Swiss People's Party deputy Alfred Heer reportedly made the proposal two weeks after the party won 29 percent of the vote in the country's national elections — the highest share for any party since World War I — following a campaign that focused heavily on immigration and crime. Swiss lawmakers propose DNA tests for immigrants Immigrants from 35 mostly African and Asian countries should undergo compulsory DNA testing before being allowed to join family in Switzerland, Heer said. Other parties expressed concern at the idea. "Once again, it hits people who have done nothing wrong," Hans-Juerg Fehr, president of the Social Democrats, told the newspaper SonntagsBlick. The proposal echoes a law in France, where parliament last month adopted a bill that foresees optional DNA testing for immigrants to ensure children wanting to join their mother are not applying for visas with fraudulent papers. The People's Party proposal would make DNA testing compulsory for people from 35 countries — including Iraq, Turkey, Nigeria, Sudan, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Kosovo — who claim they are biologically related to a family member already living in Switzerland. The applicant would pay for the DNA test, which could cost up to 1,000 Swiss francs (US$870; €600), SonntagsBlick reported. People's Party representatives could not be reached for comment Sunday, and it was unclear whether the proposal has significant support in parliament. The nationalist party recently launched a campaign to deport criminal foreigners, illustrating its point with posters showing white sheep kicking a black sheep off a Swiss flag. Condemned as racist by political opponents, the posters helped the party gather the 100,000 signatures necessary to force a referendum on the deportation proposal. If approved, parents would also be expelled if their children commit a serious crime.
Swiss lawmakers propose DNA tests for immigrants
Immigrants from 35 mostly African and Asian countries should undergo compulsory DNA testing before being allowed to join family in Switzerland, Heer said.Other parties expressed concern at the idea.
"Once again, it hits people who have done nothing wrong," Hans-Juerg Fehr, president of the Social Democrats, told the newspaper SonntagsBlick.
The proposal echoes a law in France, where parliament last month adopted a bill that foresees optional DNA testing for immigrants to ensure children wanting to join their mother are not applying for visas with fraudulent papers.
The People's Party proposal would make DNA testing compulsory for people from 35 countries — including Iraq, Turkey, Nigeria, Sudan, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Kosovo — who claim they are biologically related to a family member already living in Switzerland.
The applicant would pay for the DNA test, which could cost up to 1,000 Swiss francs (US$870; €600), SonntagsBlick reported.
People's Party representatives could not be reached for comment Sunday, and it was unclear whether the proposal has significant support in parliament.
The nationalist party recently launched a campaign to deport criminal foreigners, illustrating its point with posters showing white sheep kicking a black sheep off a Swiss flag.
Condemned as racist by political opponents, the posters helped the party gather the 100,000 signatures necessary to force a referendum on the deportation proposal. If approved, parents would also be expelled if their children commit a serious crime.
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