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Seasonal workers' children hidden in Switzerland after the Schwarzenbach initiative
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50 years ago, Switzerland voted on the Schwarzenbach initiative. The text "against foreign domination" was narrowly defeated, but it left a lasting mark on our migration policy. Since the 1960s, thousands of immigrants' children have lived in hiding, as family reunification has been forbidden.
It's the first time we've ever seen an initiative like this