Editing Xenophobia (section)

==== Switzerland ====
{{see also|Immigration to Switzerland#Racism|Migration_background#Switzerland|l1=Racism in Switzerland|label 2=Migration background in Switzerland}}

Swiss "Confederation Commission Against Racism" which is part of the Swiss "Federal Department of Home Affairs"[http://www.edi.admin.ch/] published a 2004 report, ''Black People in Switzerland'': ''A Life between [[Racial integration|Integration]] and [[Discrimination]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edi.admin.ch/ekr/dokumentation/shop/00019/00142/index.html?lang=de |title=Schwarze Menschen in der Schweiz. Ein Leben zwischen Integration und Diskriminierung |access-date=12 February 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311063519/http://www.edi.admin.ch/ekr/dokumentation/shop/00019/00142/index.html?lang=de |archive-date=11 March 2005 }}. edi.admin.ch (2004)</ref> (published in German, French, and Italian only). According to this report, discrimination based on skin colour in Switzerland is not exceptional, and affects immigrants decades after their immigration.

[[Swiss People's Party]] claims that Swiss communities have a [[democracy|democratic]] right to decide who can or cannot be Swiss. In addition, the report said "Official statements and political campaigns that present immigrants from the EU in a favourable light and immigrants from elsewhere in a bad light must stop", according to the Swiss Federal Statistics Office in 2006, 85.5% of the foreign residents in Switzerland are European.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/themen/01/07/blank/data/01.html |title=Statistique suisse – Population étrangère – Aperçu général |publisher=Bfs.admin.ch |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=29 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608021414/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/themen/01/07/blank/data/01.html |archive-date=8 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[United Nations]] special rapporteur on racism, [[Doudou Diène]], has observed that Switzerland suffers from racism, [[discrimination]] and [[xenophobia]]. The UN envoy explained that although the Swiss authorities recognised the existence of [[racism]] and xenophobia, they did not view the problem as being serious. Diène pointed out that representatives of minority communities said they experienced serious racism and discrimination, notably for access to public services (e.g. health care), employment and lodging.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/UN_envoy_calls_racism_in_Switzerland_a_reality.html?siteSect=105&sid=6382785&cKey=1137401626000&ty=st |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115201031/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/UN_envoy_calls_racism_in_Switzerland_a_reality.html?siteSect=105&sid=6382785&cKey=1137401626000&ty=st |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2013 |title=UN envoy calls racism in Switzerland a reality- swissinfo |publisher=Swissinfo.ch |date=14 January 2006 |access-date=29 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6980766.stm | work=BBC News | first=Imogen | last=Foulkes | title=Swiss row over black sheep poster | date=6 September 2007}}</ref>

The [[2009 Swiss minaret referendum]] banned the construction of new minarets—towers traditionally attached to mosques—by a 57 to 43 popular vote of the country. In the [[2021 Swiss referendums]], the electorate banned the wearing of a full face covering, which some Orthodox Muslim women wear.