The Swiss village Oberwil-Lieli has voted to accept a fine of nearly $300,000 rather than host 10 refugees.
The town’s 2,200 residents voted 52-48 in a referendum on whether to accept the refugees, the quotas for which are set by the Swiss government.
Switzerland is accepting 50,000 asylum seekers across the country.
“We do not want them here it is as simple as that,” one resident told the Daily Mail. “We have worked hard all our lives and have a lovely village that we do not want it spoiled. We are not suited to take in refugees. They would not fit in here.”
