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IRR > European Race Bulletin > Switzerland > Violence and harassment

Adolescent racism revealed

By Liz Fekete

1 April 1995

Forty seven per cent of adolescents between the ages of 13-18 are openly hostile to foreigners, according to a report by a commission on youth in Zurich.

The adolescents believe that most crimes are committed by foreigners. Of those interviewed, 31.7 per cent reported having witnessed violence directed against foreigners.

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