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Swiss voters approve foreigner deportation plan

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Swiss voters have approved a plan to automatically deport foreigners found guilty of committing serious crimes or benefit fraud.
Swiss national broadcaster SF1 says 52.9 percent of voters backed the proposal put forward by the nationalist Swiss People's Party, or SVP.
SF1 reports that 47.1 percent voted against the plan.
The deportation proposal drew fire ahead of Sunday vote from legal experts who said it could breach offenders' human rights.
Anti-racism groups also bemoaned that the SVP's posters showing white sheep kicking black sheep off a Swiss flag played on stereotypical images of foreigners as criminals.
A government-backed counterproposal would have required case-by-case review by a judge before an individual is deported.
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