The Swiss Federal Migration Office reckons that in the first six months of 2012, thirty per cent more Spaniards came looking for work in Switzerland, compared to last year.
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Although the increase seems dramatic, it’s still not a mass phenomenon, underline Swiss authorities. Many unemployed live in precarious situations, camping for example, like Nicolas and Victor.
If they stay for less than three months, they don’t even need a short time permit. One third of these people work in construction, six per cent in the agriculture sector and the rest in hotels and restaurants. (swissinfo.ch/RSI)
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