Essays for civil liberties and democracy in Europe Switzerland votes in favour of accession to Schengen : A defeat for civil liberties
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• Are we in favour of closing the borders of Europe to refugees and immigrants? • Are we in favour of a police super-computer which serves primarily as an instrument to implement this policy of exclusion? • Are we in favour of uncontrolled information exchange between the police and security services? • Are we in favour of giving police and border guards powers to carry out arbitrary “non-suspect related” controls (stops and searches) inland? • Do we want even fewer asylum seekers to have the right for their claim to be assessed in Switzerland?
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