ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland will curb Bulgarian and Romanian citizens' access to its labour market for the next 12 months, the government said on Wednesday, amid increased migration from those countries after limits were lifted last June.
The Swiss cabinet, whose struggle with immigration from the European Union intensified after a 2014 referendum in which the public demanded that quotas be imposed, will cap the number of five-year residence permits for Romanians and Bulgarians at 996.
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