GETTY FILE PICTURE Switzerland could build a wall along its border with Italy to keep out refugees

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Heinz Brand of the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) proposed the plans for a Donald Trump-style wall on Wednesday. He called on the Swiss government to immediately establish a legal basis for setting up "border-tightening systems". Mr Brand said the wall would be intended to stop refugees "first and foremost", but added: "It could also stop criminal tourists."

He submitted the motion three days before the horrific Berlin terror attack, which left 12 people dead. The jihadist behind the atrocity was today shot dead in Milan, having travelled on a train through France and into Italy. Swiss political pundits claim MPs could be more willing to support Mr Brand's motion in the wake of the vile ISIS attack.

GETTY FILE PICTURE Heinz Brand proposed plans for a Donald Trump-style wall on Wednesday

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But Socialist MP Chantal Gallade believes the proposal is misguided. She said: "If you make it more difficult for refugees to travel, you support trafficking gangs." According to local media, the vast majority of illegal immigrants caught by Swiss authorities are apprehended on trains.

GETTY FILE PICTURE He submitted the motion three days before the Berlin terror attack