Switzerland is planning a similar brochure for newcomers.

 

"We want to show that there is zero tolerance for sexual harassment," explained a spokesperson. "The tenor will be: 'When you get here, you have to abide by our rules.

 

"We want to showcase our rules of conduct to the refugees and thereby also convey that we take seriously the concerns of the people. Basically, it is a deepening of what was already conveyed to them in the transit centres."

 

It's a start, but it will take more than a few images on a piece of paper to change hundreds of years of strongly held religious and cultural views. (It probably wouldn't hurt if everybody in Europe, newcomer or not, was given a copy of the hand-out as a reminder of how to be a decent human being.)