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Swiss village pays 200,000 pounds fine instead of taking 10 refugees

<p>A super-rich village in Switzerland, one of the wealthiest in Europe, has chosen to pay a fine of&nbsp;200,000 pounds instead of accepting 10 refugees under the country's newly imposed quota system</p>

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London: A super-rich village in Switzerland, one of the wealthiest in Europe, has chosen to pay a fine of 200,000 pounds instead of accepting 10 refugees under the country's newly imposed quota system.

Residents in the picturesque Oberwil-Lieli village, which has 300 millionaires in a population of 22,000, voted 'no' in
a referendum over whether to accept the refugees.

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