
Eighteen foreign nationals who were granted UK visas for the London 2012 Olympics have still not left the country, despite each being a failed asylum seeker, it has emerged. The athletes and coaches are mostly from African nations including Eritrea, Sudan
by Donna Rachel Edmunds10 Aug 2015, 5:06 AM PST0

A Sicilian mayor credited with crushing the island’s mafia has called for Europe to grant free entry to all the migrants crossing the Mediterranean, arguing that outlawing immigration through non-official channels creates a market for trafficking to thrive in. He
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Aug 2015, 7:25 AM PST0

Hundreds of migrants have moved into an abandoned school in Central Paris, prompting a political row over what to do about them. The Socialist mayor of Paris first ordered them to vacate the building, but has now said they can
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Aug 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

Plans to crack down on illegal immigration by forcing landlords to evict failed asylum seeking tenants or face up to five years in jail have been slammed by lawyers. They have warned that the new law will do nothing but
by Donna Rachel Edmunds5 Aug 2015, 8:46 AM PST0

Posters advising migrants to pretend to be gay in order to claim asylum in the UK have sprung up at the Calais migrant camp known as The Jungle. The extensive, detailed advice is written in both English and Arabic. It
by Donna Rachel Edmunds5 Aug 2015, 7:15 AM PST0

The German government has enlisted the help of its army to deal with the tens of thousands of asylum seekers arriving in the country every month. Nearly 80,000 migrants arrived last month alone, putting the country on track to receive
by Donna Rachel Edmunds4 Aug 2015, 2:05 PM PST0

The European Commission has called on Britain to “show solidarity” by taking in yet more migrants from Africa and the Middle East. Figures published yesterday show that the UK receives the sixth highest number of applications from asylum seekers in
by Donna Rachel Edmunds4 Aug 2015, 6:04 AM PST0

Migrant children dumped at the side of the road are causing a funding crisis for local councils financially responsible for the children until they turn 25. The Local Government Association has called on the government to cover the costs following a
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Aug 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

The British and French governments have declared that the world is facing a “global migration crisis”. They have called countries from across Europe and Africa to assist in tackling the wave of migration currently washing across the continent. Meanwhile, the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Aug 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

To date in 2015 the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) has recorded almost as many reports of threats and violence in asylum accommodation in Sweden as for all of 2014. Incidents reported are not limited to threats and violence against other people alone, but
by Sarkis Zeronian2 Aug 2015, 4:12 AM PST0

EU home affairs ministers yesterday failed to reach agreement on the distribution across Europe over the next two years of the 40,000 mostly Syrian and Eritrean migrants and asylum seekers who landed in Greece and Italy. The decision on the scheme, which
by Sarkis Zeronian21 Jul 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

Italian government officials have threatened to use force to break up a barricade erected by the residents of a wealthy Rome suburb in a bid to keep African migrants out of their neighbourhood. Police have already been ordered to move
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Jul 2015, 5:52 AM PST0

Increasing numbers of asylum seekers in Sweden are being identified as war crimes suspects, Swedish Radio News reports. 41 cases of suspected war crimes or crimes against humanity have been reported among asylum seekers since the beginning of 2015, compared to 20 in
by Sarkis Zeronian15 Jul 2015, 5:11 PM PST0

Germany and France have volunteered to between them take in more than one third of the 60,000 asylum seekers that the European Commission wanted placed across Europe after many states objected strongly to mandatory quotas. Around 40,000 mostly Syrians and
by Donna Rachel Edmunds10 Jul 2015, 7:31 AM PST0

Go home. These are two simple words UK Prime Minister David Cameron would like African immigrants flooding across the Mediterranean to hear more often. Even once would be enough. In a speech to the Globsec security conference in Bratislava, Slovakia,
by Simon Kent20 Jun 2015, 4:28 AM PST0

The anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (DPP) became Denmark’s second largest party in Thursday’s general election and the biggest in the right-wing bloc, which ousted a centre-left government.
by Breitbart News20 Jun 2015, 12:03 AM PST0

Europe is facing a migrant invasion on an unprecedented scale, as 185,000 asylum seekers flood ashore from North Africa in just three months, the equivalent of 2,000 a day. Despite their claims to be overwhelmed by migrants, it appears that Italy
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 Jun 2015, 4:51 AM PST0

French police have blocked 200 undocumented immigrants, mostly from the African country of Eritrea, from entering French territory at the main border with Italy.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.15 Jun 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

An anticipated strong showing by the Euro-sceptic Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF) may unseat the present ruling coalition led by the left-wing Social Democrat party at national elections on Thursday, as the public focus turns to immigration. Recent polling suggests
by Oliver Lane15 Jun 2015, 3:54 AM PST0

Spending on asylum seekers has reached a massive €870m (£632m/$1bn) per year in the Netherlands, according to figures released by the country’s Security & Justice Secretary Klaas Dijkhoff. The country had to service 240,000 asylum seekers last year, but the numbers
by Breitbart London7 Jun 2015, 4:25 AM PST0

A number of refugees sent to Norway under the UN’s quota system have links to terrorist organisations including Islamic State and the al-Nusra Front, it has emerged. The director of Norway’s Police Security Services (PTS) has said that he can
by Donna Rachel Edmunds3 Jun 2015, 4:56 AM PST0

Elderly residents of the Millmark center in Sörmark, Sweden, were served with eviction notices on Friday after the new owner of their group retirement home declared it was to be transformed into a government asylum shelter. Although many of those who
by Oliver Lane21 May 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

In the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt, the owner of the Amadeus nightclub — identified in Deutsche Welle’s story only as “Martin T.,” as if that would somehow preserve his anonymity — decided to ban “refugees” from his establishment after a series of altercations between the refugees and customers.
by John Hayward11 May 2015, 4:16 PM PST0

The EU has been accused of “cynically exploiting” the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean to further it’s dreams of European integration. Although Britain has deployed naval forces to assist in a rescue operation, France and Italy are blocking the mission
by Donna Rachel Edmunds3 May 2015, 5:53 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – A Mexican news outlet unknowingly debunked a story that was circulated in U.S. news claiming that a former Mexican cop turned immigration advocate was killed by cartel gunmen, after his request for asylum was denied, and he
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Apr 2015, 6:38 AM PST0