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Monday, 18 April, 2011

Study calls for greater efforts to integrate expats in Basel

A study paid for by the government and the pharmaceutical industry in Basel calls for more work to be done to welcome and integrate expats who arrive in the canton. A total of 45,000 expats live in Basel but many of them live in a “parallel world,” with their own clubs and associations. Most do not make an affort to speak Swiss German. WRS’s Dave Goodman talks about the issue with Guy Morin, a member of the Green party who leads the cantonal executive of Basel City:
 

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