Swiss voters narrowly rejected a proposal that would have virtually shut the nation’s borders to refugees. By a margin of about 3,400 votes in Sunday’s referendum, the electorate turned down the proposal by the Swiss People’s Party “against abuse of the right to asylum.”
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