[From article]
Europe's migrant influx is the burning issue for Swiss voters electing a new legislature this weekend, with polls suggesting a boost for a nationalist party behind efforts to ban face-covering veils and construction of Muslim minarets.
Sunday's election is shaping up as a new sign of European anxiety about the influx of over a half-million migrants from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere into Europe this year.
The vote to fill the two legislative chambers - the 200-seat National Council and 46-member Council of States - comes as a poll found nearly half of Swiss listed immigration, integration and foreigners as their top concern.
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Switzerland hasn't faced a wave of migration like the one seen by some European Union states such as Germany and Sweden.
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One of Switzerland's main upcoming issues is the implementation of a narrowly adopted referendum calling for immigration caps on all types of foreigners, including those from the European Union, within three years. The result forced the government last year to take up the delicate task of revising its treaties with the 28-nation bloc, and has strained ties with Brussels.
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Oct 16, 8:38 AM EDT
Migrants the key issue as Swiss vote in national elections
By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press
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