The already controversial issue of the European migrant crisis has worsened as countries face the problem of granting asylum to girls who got married in Syria but fall below the age of consent in their adopted country. The issue of Syrian child
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister, Silvan Shalom, has called on the European Union (EU) to stop paying aid to Palestinian agencies until terror is renounced in the Palestinian territories . Mr Shalom, who as well as being Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister is the
Alastair Campbell, who used to be the spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has give his verdict on potential Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. Mr. Campbell (pictured above), who used to be
UK schools will appoint ‘gender champions’ tasked with monitoring the language of schoolchildren as young as five in order to stamp out sexist terms such as “sissy”, “cupcake” and to challenge stereotypes. Under new guidelines to be published tomorrow, senior teachers will be named
The In/Out plebiscite on British membership of the European Union (EU) has prompted referendum fever across Europe with others demanding votes on various matters. David Cameron has been meeting with other EU leaders in Brussels to discuss Eurozone stabilisation and the migrant
A 64-year-old French citizen registered male at birth has become the first officially gender neutral person in France following high court recognition. Born in the city of Tours (pictured above) in central France in 1951, the court applicant was registered male
A regional congress of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Germany has seen Angela Merkel criticised by her own party regarding her open border response to the migrant crisis. Adding to her increasing woes, last night the regional congress of the
A television news crew following the migrant crisis on the Greek island of Lesbos saw a human trafficker arrested yesterday, but the description of the journey used by the journalist reveals a lack of objectivity in reporting. The human trafficker
A former Prime Minister of Poland who said Middle Eastern migrants bring “types of parasite” as well as cholera and dysentery to Europe uses “Nazi” language, say critics. With national elections in Poland taking place at the end of the
“Exceptionally easy access to Europe” has been identified as “one of the main pull factors” for the influx of migrants, according to the President of the European Council. Donald Tusk, a former prime minister of Poland, made the comments about easy
The depth of German opposition to Angela Merkel’s response to the migrant crisis is worse than previously thought, with a poll finding a third of respondents wanting her resignation. An INSA poll for the website of German news magazine FOCUS does
Who is June Sarpong, pictured above with Conservative Party peer Stuart Rose, who today helped launch the ‘Britain Stronger In Europe’ (BSE) campaign? This morning, she called for “truth, not scaremongering and separation”, but there is some confusion as to why she had
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s invitation to migrants to come to her country has been described as “insane” by U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has predicted more violence will follow in the country as a result. Donald Trump, the Republican Party
French authorities want new European Union (EU) rules mandating all travelling EU nationals to scan their fingerprints and maybe even their faces. The introduction of Smart Borders, a digital dragnet system using biometric scans to identify visiting non-EU nationals, was discussed at an EU interior ministers
The number of illegal entry attempts to the UK between January and June has doubled since the same period last year and is over four times higher than in 2013. In the first six months of 2014 there were 12,980 stopped illegal
Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, a former Guantanamo inmate from Manchester, has allegedly being able to leave Britain and join Islamic State (IS) in Syria without security services stopping him. The former Guantanamo inmate is believed to have left for Syria over a year ago, reports the
Geoffrey Howe, the former Conservative MP who was Lady Thatcher’s longest-serving Cabinet minister died yesterday aged 88, just five months after retiring from the House of Lords. As well as serving as Lady Thatcher’s first Chancellor for four years, Geoffrey Howe
Germany’s Interior Minister has warned that his country is a “focus of international terrorism” and its only thanks to luck and the security services a big attack has not happened. In an interview with Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), German Minister
Europe risks importing an Islamic cultural crisis unless it carefully manages the challenges posed by European migration, according to a German-Turkish writer. Zafer Senocak, born in Turkey but living in Germany since 1970 having moved there as a child, is
Two Italian senators said to have made gestures suggestive of oral sex to an opposing female colleague during a debate in parliament have been suspended by the Senate’s speaker. Speaker Pietro Grasso took the action against Lucio Barani and Vincenzo d’Anna after receiving complaints about
A record number of demonstrators turned out yesterday to support a protest led by Alternative for Germany (AfD) against German asylum policy. Police in attendance estimated as many as 8,000 people joined the rally in Erfurt, reports news weekly Der
A radicalised Muslim prisoner on the run since failing to return from day release in May has shot and critically injured a French policeman. Police union anger towards the French Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, mounted when it transpired that
Migrants from countries hostile to Israel may strengthen anti-Semitism in Europe, the leader of Germany’s Jewish community has warned. The President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (CCJG) warned Chancellor Angela Merkel of the issue in person during a
The 182nd Oktoberfest, the world’s biggest beer festival and funfair, was hit by a fall in attendance blamed on border controls tightened because of the migrant crisis. As the 16-day Volksfest finished in Munich yesterday, Oktoberfest chief Josef Schmid explained the drop
Tighter border controls announced last month by Belgium’s Minister of the Interior have come under attack for their feeble application. It has transpired that illegal immigrants need only wait until late afternoon or the weekend to cross the border to get
