The first two were held on 6 June on an amendment to the Swiss penal code, which was approved, and on a new law on foreigners, which was narrowly rejected.

Measures still have to be taken in terms of the effective introduction of the law on foreigners, as well as measures enhancing administrative capacity and which are designed to fight corruption and organised crime more effectively.

The federal court ruled that Kaiapo tribe leaders Kube-I and Paulinho Paiakan could not be tried under Brazil's law on foreigners because the constitution recognized them as native Brazilians and dismissed the case.

She appears to have forgotten about the way in which immigrants themselves abuse applications for international protection in order to bypass national laws on foreigners entering and residing in our countries, when their true motives are social and economic.