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2005-06-06 Europe

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't ever remember seeing the guardhouses manned at the Swiss border. Not even when we needed help during an unexpected snowfall. (This was over a decade ago.) I suppose now they are making it official.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-06 07:16|| 2005-06-06 07:16|| Front Page Top

#2 How curious that this is a front-page headline on Al-Jazeera. Why on earth would they care?

Oh, right.

Posted by ST 2005-06-06 09:43|| 2005-06-06 09:43|| Front Page Top

#3 The Swiss have had bilateral agreements with their neighbours Itali, France, Austria, Germany and Liechtenstein for years.

The Swiss voted ya, si, oui to two old treaties called Schengen & Dublin.

Under the Schengen treaty Switzerland will abandon identity checks on its borders. But it will gain access to a Europe-wide crime database.

This is likely to take place in 2007.

The Dublin accord allows the Swiss to turn away asylum seekers who have already filed a request in another signatory country.

Posted by SwissTex 2005-06-06 10:03|| 2005-06-06 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 So does that mean their borders are as secure now as ours?

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-06-06 10:42|| 2005-06-06 10:42|| Front Page Top

#5 So who stops the illegals from crossing the border into Switzerland and setting up shop in some anonymous ghetto? Or do the Swiss police do sweeps and clean out the trash on a regular basis? I am just asking a stupid question, but someone needs to ask.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-06-06 23:02|| 2005-06-06 23:02|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't think it matters much in the case of Switzerland because, if you somehow managed to get into one of the surrounding countries...well you're pretty much in anyway. It's not like they're surrounded by Iran, Syria, etc.

Posted by Rafael 2005-06-06 23:44|| 2005-06-06 23:44|| Front Page Top

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