Editing Ticino (section)

===Referendum decisions===
Since a referendum in September 2013, Ticino is the only Swiss canton where wearing full-face veils is illegal.<ref>{{cite news|last=Squires |first=Nick |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/10327534/Burkas-and-niqabs-banned-from-Swiss-canton.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/10327534/Burkas-and-niqabs-banned-from-Swiss-canton.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Burkas and niqabs banned from Swiss canton |newspaper=Telegraph |access-date=29 October 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Supporters of the ban cited the case of a 20-year-old Pakistani woman from [[Bellinzona]], who was killed by her husband for refusing to wear a headscarf.<ref name=dt>{{cite web|title=Swiss charge Pakistani over 'honour killing' of wife|url=http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/24-Aug-2006/swiss-charge-pakistani-over-honour-killing-of-wife|work=Daily Times|access-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106214349/http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/24-Aug-2006/swiss-charge-pakistani-over-honour-killing-of-wife|archive-date=6 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Giorgio Ghiringhelli|title=Divieto di indossare negli spazi pubblici e nei luoghi privati aperti al pubblico indumenti che nascondano totalmente o parzialmente il volto (ad esempio il burqa e il niqab)|url=http://www.cdt.ch/files/docs/85ff375fe6899e3d02573451579f3034.pdf|publisher=Corriere del Ticino|access-date=6 November 2014|archive-date=7 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107053855/http://www.cdt.ch/files/docs/85ff375fe6899e3d02573451579f3034.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Burqa ban was later approved by the [[Grand Council of Ticino|Grand Council]] in November 2015.<ref>{{cite web | title=MPs in Swiss canton of Ticino Back Burqa Ban | url=http://www.thelocal.ch/20151124/mps-back-hefty-fine-for-wearing-burka-in-ticino | date=24 November 2015 | website=[[The Local]] | access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref>

In September 2016, Ticino voters approved a [[Swiss People's Party]]-sponsored referendum that gives precedence to Swiss workers, as opposed to foreign workers, defying [[Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union|freedom of movement]] agreements [[Switzerland–European Union relations|between Switzerland and the EU]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Ticino Votes to Favour Local Workers Over Foreigners | url=http://www.thelocal.ch/20160926/ticino-votes-to-favour-local-workers-over-foreigners | date=26 September 2016 | website=[[The Local]] | access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Atkins | first1=Ralph | title=Swiss Canton Votes for Tougher Controls on Foreign Workers | url=https://www.ft.com/content/abb3de84-832c-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/abb3de84-832c-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription | date=25 September 2016 | newspaper=[[Financial Times]] | access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref>