The Documentary Podcast
The Documentary Podcast
BBC World Service
Switzerland's population cap referendum
26 minutes Posted Jun 30, 2026 at 12:30 am.
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Switzerland recently voted on a radical and unprecedented initiative: capping the country’s population to limit migration. It is the latest in a series of referendums around immigration policy in Switzerland, which have spanned decades. In the weeks preceding the vote, Josephine Casserly was in Switzerland to speaking to the people championing this policy to understand why concerns about immigration have grown so strong in this small, wealthy country, famed for its neutrality.