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Title: Swiss village chooses to pay £200,000 fine instead of accepting 10 refugees as 'they won't fit in'
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UK Telegraph
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201 ... -fine-instead-of-accepting-10/
Published: May 30, 2016
Author: James Rothwell
Post Date: 2016-05-30 19:05:31 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 1293
Comments: 8
Andreas Glarner, mayor of the village of Oberwil-Lieli One of Europe's wealthiest villages has decided to pay a £200,000 fine instead of accepting around 10 refugees under its country's newly imposed quota. Residents in the picturesque Swiss village of Oberwil-Lieli said they voted 'no' in a referendum on whether to accept the refugees because "they wouldn't fit in." It comes after the Swiss government announced a quota system to meet its promise of allowing 50,000 asylum seekers into the country. By rejecting the government's plans, the village - which counts 300 millionaires among its population of 22,000 - has sent shockwaves across the country, with some accusing the residents of racism. The villagers must now fork out 290,000 Swiss francs (£200,000) as a forfeit for refusing to welcome the asylum seekers. One of them, who asked not to be named, told the MailOnline: "We do not want them here, it is as simple as that. "We have worked hard all our lives and have a lovely village that we do not want spoiled." 
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#5. To: cranky (#0)
It's good to see they have that much guts and good sense. What's the EU going to do if they refuse to pay the fine? The EU should be disbanded because it has become obsessed with imposing a destructive mission.
Get the US out of the UN, & get the UN out of the US !
& get the UN out of the US ! I have no objection to that. The UN has long outlived its usefullness. It has become nothing but a place for genetic primitives to meet and solicit for their recognition as being elevated to full fledged human beings which is beyond their capability. If I were president I'd give the organization members a week to shred their papers and catch to next plane back to where they came from.
#8. To: rlk (#7)
And if they do not leave, then level the building with them in it. LOL
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#7. To: Stoner (#6)
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Get the US out of the UN,
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