Now it happened. They decided to rigorously evict delinquent foreigners. For capital offenses like murder or robbery, but also for fraudulent acquisition of social benefits, the convicted person will now be quasi automatically be evicted after having served their penance.
It seems that the enemies of plebiscites in Germany have gained another point supporting the theory that plebiscites are a bad thing. They criticize the Swiss petty bourgeoisie who comes up with such inadequate decisions.
In reality, this is probably a hypocritical attitude, forced upon some people by their own and little loved constitutional Super-Ego. Mind you, it is often exactly those people who want a lot less constitutional state and more authoritative state.
After all, the eviction can be rationally explained. If you are a guest in a country, it would be nice if you behaved like a guest. And if you do not abide by this law, you will have to leave the country. To be sure, this might sound populist, but it is probably a very natural concept. A plebiscite on this topic would probably yield the same result in many other (probably all) countries.
The only critical thing about the Swiss decision is that there is no neutral authority to verify the commensurability and suitability of the eviction. Consequently, it is imaginable that an “unjust” eviction might happen. But then, unjust punishments and verdicts are part of the punishment game, even when it comes to death penalties.
Here is an idea of mine for improvement: currently, the eviction will happen after the punishment has been served. I would, at least in simple cases, do without the punishment, or rather make the eviction the punishment. In this manner, you could save money used for punishment and have less people crowding our jails.
Having to serve your punishment before being evicted only makes sense if the punishment is actually a deterrent. That is not something I find easy to believe. On the contrary: threatening to evict someone is probably a lot more effective.
RMD
(Translated by EG)
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