Originally Posted by King Henry V
The same thing is happening in Switzerland, although far more limited. 15 years ago, Geneva was the clean, safe plce which everyone associates with Switzerland. Shopping centres and train stations even had carpeting! Graffiti was next to zero and you could go almost anywhere without the fear of being mugged or anything. There was quite a large immigrant population, mostly well-to-do people from the Western world working at the international organisations and Italians, Spaniards and Portuguese working mostly in manual or low skill jobs. However, they all came from the similar Western Christian culture. However, things were not to last. Five years later, swarms of refugees from Kosovo and Bosnia came to Geneva, along with many Kurds "fleeing from Turkish oppresion". Immediately the crime levels rose up. The refugees from the Balkans traditionally had a very bandit-like and tribal culture, thus with nothing to do they turned to crime to supplement their income form the state (which was very high). A few years after that, Kurds stormed the U.N building upon the news that their leader had been found guilty ba a Turkish court for murder, treason and terrorism. In 1997, Zaire fell and Mobutu, its former leader, fled to Switzerland where he owned a lot of property. He also managed to bring many of his followers with him. Today the situation has changed. Places such as the train station and other once safe places are no-go areas at night. In a recent survey 67 percent of people never go to certain districts after dark.
