Unemployment is also higher (5.4% in Geneva versus 3.4% nationally); this compares with an average of 9.7% in the EU. Rising numbers of foreign immigrants have stoked an increasingly vocal backlash in Switzerland in recent years, with concerns over salary levels undercutting, moonlighting and pressures on housing, transport and infrastructure.
Inoltre la disoccupazione è più elevata a Ginevra (5,4%) rispetto alla media nazionale (3,4%), ma rimane comunque nettamente inferiore a quella dell'UE (9,7%).