Contents: European countries in near-chaos take turns dumping migrants; Russian ‘refusenik’ soldiers resist deployment in Syria; Russia’s media take note of Carly Fiorina’s debate statements
Feminists have accused an Austrian Green Party MP of being sexist against himself after he unveiled an election poster showing his face covered in lipstick kisses. Julian Schmid’s campaign poster shows his lipstick-covered face along with the slogan “I’m open
A Chechen woman based in the Austrian city of Graz has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for planning to join Islamic State fighters in Syria. The woman and her family had fled to Austria to escape Chechnya’s civil war
Contents: Hungary slams closed the door to thousands of new migrants; European Union’s Schengen agreement for borderless travel unravels; Egypt mistakenly kills Mexican tourists, Mexico demands explanation
As Europe’s migrant crisis reaches a head, Austria, Slovakia and the Netherlands announced their intentions Monday to join Germany and the Czech Republic in reintroducing border controls to stem the tide of migrants crossing into Europe, especially now that Germany
Red Cross workers are misappropriating donations to buy cigarettes for migrants in an Austrian town, a witness has claimed. The man, who claims to have seen a person in Red Cross uniform making the purchase, posted a photo of the receipt to Facebook,
The German federal government reintroduced border controls Sunday to slow the influx of immigrants arriving from Hungary via Austria, temporarily overriding the stipulations of the Schengen Agreement, which abolished internal borders and passport controls for the 26 participating states. Until
Germany has halted train traffic from Austria, a spokeswoman for Austrian rail company OeBB said. Migrant arrivals from Austria have soared since Chancellor Angela Merkel effectively opened German borders to refugees a week ago.
Borders are being closed and major European Union (EU) treaties are being discarded as tens of thousands of migrants swarm across Europe, overwhelming national police forces in their wake. Nations on the conveyor belt across Europe, from Serbia to Hungary, Austria, on
About 3,700 people poured across the Hungarian border into Austria on Thursday, a police spokesman said, a big increase in the flow of migrants that will put extra pressure on Austrian authorities trying to arrange onward transport to Germany. Tens
The Catholic Church in Vienna has promised 1,000 places for immigrant accommodation over the next few weeks, as they install bedrooms and bathrooms in disused church-owned buildings and monasteries. The order, made by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, de facto head
The prime minister of Hungary accused Berlin of encouraging “millions” of refugees to travel to Europe by allowing them to enter Germany without limits, Sky News reports.
Contents: Migrant workers in Maine being replaced by blueberry-picking machines;As expected, Austria follows Hungary in saying ‘No more migrants’
With the news that Austria and Germany had opened its borders, thousands of migrants began departing Hungary on foot Sunday.
VIENNA/MUNICH, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary into Austria and Germany since Saturday and move step by step “towards normality”. Austria had suspended its
Contents: After weeks of chaos, Hungary appears to be giving in to the flood of migrants;Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán: Muslim migrants threaten Europe’s Christian identity; Austria agrees to allow migrants to pass through Austria
The first of thousands of migrants reached the Austrian border town of Nickelsdorf last night after the Austrian and German governments agreed to accept them. Around 1,200 people travelled across Hungary by foot and car, while many more remained at
Thousands of exhausted migrants streamed into Austria on Saturday, bussed to the border by a Hungarian government that gave up trying to hold them back as Europe’s asylum system buckled under pressure from the numbers reaching its frontiers. After days
A cramped truck was found abandoned along the main Austrian highway from Budapest to Vienna containing the decomposing bodies of 71 migrants, according to Austrian officials.
The EU’s asylum policy has failed and member states should consider “individual measures” if the union fails to secure its wider border, Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration has said. If it fails to, he will consider tighter border
Police in Austria have found a smuggler’s truck to the south of Vienna containing the dead bodies of migrants. Police spoke of at least 20 initial casualties but warned that number could rise. The lorry was found standing on the emergency lane
Towns in Austria which have not accepted migrants may be forced to do so under draft legislation which has been agreed by the two ruling parties and opposition Greens yesterday. The new rules could come into force in October, at
With asylum applications in Germany double the 2014 figure in just the first six months of 2015, the race to find shelter for all the immigrant flood is driving a boom in demand for temporary homes. Germany is now the single greatest
From Austria comes the report of a scene all too familiar on the southern border of the United States, cranked up to a degree that would raise the eyebrows of even the most seasoned U.S. Border Patrol veterans. 86 Middle Eastern “migrants” were stuffed into a locked, windowless truck, blasting through 95-degree heat without ventilation for over twelve hours.
Plans to tear down a refugee tent camp and replace it with a “container village” at an Austrian army barracks have provoked a local row. The Mayor of Wals-Siezenheim says the container homes suggest a permanent residential solution, as opposed
