Norway’s Green Party has floated proposals to open up a migrant reception centre – in the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, where polar bears outnumber people. The idea was first mooted by Norway’s anti-immigration People’s Party, but they quickly made
EU ministers have failed to reach a consensus over a quota system to help relocate some 120,000 asylum seekers across member states. The main stumbling block to the proposal came from Eastern states, but ministers did agree they should take a break
Two in every 100 Syrian migrants are likely to be Islamic State fighters, a Lebanese minister has warned David Cameron. Britain has agreed to take 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next few years. If the minister’s warning is correct, as many
Falkland Islanders have told new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn “We’re British… don’t even think about it.” Corbyn is well known for his opposition to the Falkland War, which took place in 1982, and his proposal to install a joint administration alongside
A man who has cost people their jobs by reporting anti-immigration comments made on their private Facebook accounts to their employers has been granted anonymity in a media report about his actions. The man, known only as “David” describes himself
Middle Eastern migrants are rejecting Denmark as a country in which to seek asylum, claiming that the “salaries” offered to “refugees” are not as high as other European countries. They are now demanding to go to Sweden or Finland as the
International pop sensation Sir Elton John has spoken of his desire to persuade Russia’s President Putin to be more tolerant of homosexuality and that “gay people are not the problem”. John admitted that the president would most likely laugh at
Frustrated by the growing security in an around the port of Calais, migrants seeking to come to the UK are now moving to other French ports such as Dieppe and Ouistreham in a bid to thwart police checks. Police are
British aid money is simultaneously being spent on lobbying countries to overturn their death penalty laws, and to assist Pakistani forces in capturing drug smugglers, who face capital punishment if caught. Tanzania, Belarus, Nigeria, Kazakhstan and South Sudan and China
One hundred and ten celebrities with a combined net worth running into the billions have together taken out a full page advert in The Guardian calling on the British government to take in more migrants. Invoking the memory of Aylan
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has admitted that her government’s recent decision to ban the growing of GM crops in Scotland was “not based on scientific considerations.” Her admission came in a letter after she was quizzed on what scientific
The European Union’s Court of Justice has once again moved the goalposts for businesses by ruling that time spent travelling to and from appointments by workers with no fixed place of work counts towards working hours. The ruling has been slammed
Members of the European Parliament have praised citizens helping migrants across Europe for their “true adherence to European values.” As the European Parliament convened for a new term, MEPs have voted to back proposals to relocate 160,000 migrants across Europe
One of Britain’s leading energy experts has written to the Foreign Secretary to strongly criticise the appointment of Sir David King, the government’s former Chief Scientific Advisor, as Britain’s representative at the upcoming international Climate Conference in Paris. Alex Henney,
The British press have been trying to whip up support for the migrants coming from Syria by printing their personal stories, but instead reveal how men have left their wives, young children and elderly relatives in the face of the
The Met Police have charged three times as many people for Islamophobic hate crimes as for anti-Semitic hate crimes, and nearly five times as many white Europeans for hate crimes including homophobia as Asians or Arabs over the last three
An 18 year old woman has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with terrorism after tried to join the fight against ISIS. Her arrest in January came as the brave actions of Kurdish fighters in holding back Islamic forces around
A petition calling on the government to halt all immigration to the UK “immediately” has raced past the 100,000 signature mark, meaning that it is now eligible for debate in the House of Commons. However, it is unlikely to be
The Greek island of Lesbos has been turned into a war zone by rioting migrants, leaving the island’s 85,000 residents in despair. Around 25,000 migrants are currently camped out on the island with hundreds more arriving daily, leading to frequent
Israel has begun construction on a wall along its eastern border with Jordan in order to keep out any illegal immigrants and terrorists wanting to infiltrate the country. The wall will eventually encompass Israel’s whole border, as far as possible.
What should be the Christian response to the columns of refugees currently making their way across Europe? Since the picture of little Aylan washed up on a beach went viral, it appears that there is only one proper response: we
One of the world’s largest, allegedly corrupt charities has joined forces with one of the world’s largest, allegedly corrupt governments to guilt trip the Western world into welcoming 60 million migrants to their shores. On Sunday, the European Commission and Oxfam launched
A Battle of Britain commemorative flypast by 20 spitfires has been cancelled thanks to the prohibitive cost of insurance following the disastrous crash at Shoreham Airshow last month, in which 11 people lost their lives. The event was being privately
Environmental campaigners and anti-capitalist activists could be considered terrorists under the government’s Prevent program, designed to counter terrorism, Police have said. They offered the advice to groups of teachers during training sessions on the strategy; teaching unions have reacted furiously.
Greenpeace India has been banned from receiving foreign donations in a bid by the government to curtail its activities. Government officials have accused the charity of trying to stall India’s economy by campaigning against large infrastructure projects including nuclear power
