Immigration: to the attempt *Switzerland The legalised racism against black immigrants in Britain - which can be traced back Immigration Act - forms part of an ominous campaign which has been gathering force throughout Europe. Workers in countries from Norway to Germany have been facing increasing entry restrictions and racist attacks.
immigrants comprise one-sixin or ine total population & foreign workers make up more inan one-inira or ine worktorce.
La referendum calling for ine exouision ornat ine torelen population by the end of 1977 received 34% of covernment responded lc the racist campaign by announcing that limiting the number of new foreign workers to enter the country in the next 12 months to 20,500, would The economic 'downturn! has led the government to launch severe attacks on the 2. 5m 'gastarbeiter' (guest workers) which includes some 600, 000 Turks. On last year, Bonn announced new measures to reduce the numbers of foreian workers in Germany and to give 'preference' to German job-seekers.
offering lump-sum payments to workers who offer to resign. Most who accept the offer are immigrant workers. As the New York Times put it, 'the feeling of being less than welcome was a tactor for many who decided to take severance the Tory government - in 1962 - to introduce their Commonwea!:.
*Norway Eager not to be left out of this antiimmigrant campaign, the Norwegian government announced last February that it had decided to ban the entry of foreian workers for one year. Worker from other Scandanavian countries ano those with 'special skills' would, Costs , be exempt.
* France Immigrant workers account for mort than 15% of the labour force and, with Ineir tamuies. Tor aboul oo or ine por ulation. Often confined to the worst slur and shanti-towns, those from N. Afrio have been subject to continuing racis: allachs Only recently. for example, followir the murder of a Marseille bus driver b an Algerian, the mass circulation dai! "Le Meridional' felt confident enough :: write: 'We have had enough of Algeriar theives, Algerian thugs, Algerian bras garts, Acer an troupemakers. a ceri: syphilitics, Algerian pimps, Algeriar lunatics and Algerian killers'. During the next three weeks, 11 Algerians we murdere and scores more assault.