The British public are the most unwilling in Europe to take in tens of thousands of migrants, a survey has found. The poll, by French company Ifop, of seven European nations, found that the British were the most sceptical of
Figures released today by global polling company YouGov have confirmed what many across Europe were already begin to realise through Germany political polling: Angela Merkel’s migration policies are killing her government, with the new numbers showing her government’s approval rating dropping
Denmark is to make mandatory sex education classes a pre-requisite for migrants before they can receive state benefits, as part of an ongoing shake-up of immigration law in the country, and to curb migrant rape activity. Reacting to statistics which show migrants
Nearly a million people have come to Western nations seeking asylum so far this year, with applications in Europe more than doubling, according to the United Nationals High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The figures, quoted in The Times newspaper, show
Migrants and refugees will be allowed to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has declared. In an announcement to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, IOC chief Thomas Bach said all nations should help identify
The trial of 36-year-old Abraham Ukbagabir started in Vasteras, Sweden today, the Eritrean migrant charged with the murder of two Swedish citizens inside an IKEA store in August. Now out of hospital, where he has been recovering since trying to kill
Austria will build a fence along its border with European Union (EU) neighbour Slovenia to help stem the migrant invasion now flooding Europe, Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said today. Both countries are part of the passport-free Schengen zone and remain key transit
Germany will import 1.2 million completely unskilled migrants this year, many of whom will go straight onto unemployment benefits, according to a leaked government document. The Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, BA) October migration estimates document outlined a number of
An interactive map shows the journeys of over a million migrants who have made their way across Europe from Africa and the Middle East over the past three years. The map, created by Finnish company Lucify, uses monthly figures from
Gun dealers in Austria report a boost in weapon sales as concern mounts over the large number of migrants entering the country. An estimated 900,000 privately-owned firearms are held by an Austrian population of just under 8.5 million, but gun dealers are reporting
Migrant violence appears to be on the increase in Germany as local press report several incidents across the country in the past few days, including an attack on a 30-year-old woman and a student football match that descended into violence.
They already have shops, restaurants, a library and a nightclub, but now the 6,000 residents of The Jungle migrant camp in Calais, France have something else to keep them occupied. A renowned maître d’ with decades of experience has set
Europe’s refugee crisis is dampening consumer confidence in Germany as shoppers worry about the economic consequences of the huge influx of migrants, a poll found on Wednesday. “The good mood seen among consumers in recent months is slowly waning,” market
From the Financial Times: At the beginning of this year, Angela Merkel had a good claim to be the most successful politician in the world. The German chancellor had won three successive election victories. She was the dominant political figure
LONDON, United Kingdom – Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott lashed out at the “misguided” immigration policies of European leaders, including that of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, insisting: “unlike you, we now control our borders”. Speaking at
Prague (AFP) – The Czech president Sunday accused economic migrants of using children as “human shields” in their bid to reach Europe, as the continent grapples with its biggest migration crisis since World War II. President Milos Zeman has made
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s most senior representative in the European Parliament, Syed Kamall MEP, has today told the parliamentary chamber in Strasbourg that not only should Middle East countries take more migrants, but so too should the United States
Europe’s new house-guests won’t settle for anything but the best, as having travelled to Sweden the picky migrants find the peaceful hinterland isn’t quite exciting enough for them. Sweden’s Migration Bureau has confirmed at least thirty migrants refused to get off
A Swedish journalist attempting to make a movie about the residents of a Swedish no go zone and their habit of throwing stones at police has herself been attacked and had stones thrown at her as she attempted to film. “They thought we crossed
Local prosecutors are investigating a pastor in Germany who referred to migrants as “predatory hordes” and claimed they were creating conditions that could trigger a civil war. The pastor of the Evangelical Free Church in Riedlingen, southwest Germany, spoke of
The tiny nation of Slovenia has received 60,000 Middle Eastern and North African migrants in the past week. Thousands remain stranded near the Austrian border, as the prime minister warned the crisis could be “the end of the [European Union]
Migrants making their way across Europe are finding a harsher environment than they perhaps expected, and not just politically either. As the weather begins to turn, with freezing rain and snow expected across many European countries in the next few
German police were forced to turn water cannons on far-left ‘anti-fascists’ staging a violent counter demonstration at an anti-Islamisation rally on Sunday. Authorities initially tried to have the demonstration, organised by the anti-Islamisation group Hooligans Against Salafists (HOGESA), banned. However, a
Police are investigating after an asylum seeker allegedly held a knife to the throat of a local resident in a violent dispute in southern Germany on Saturday night. The incident occurred in the town of Prien am Chiemsee in southern
The wave of racial violence presently sweeping Sweden, and the radically different ways the government reacts to these individual events tells us volumes about a nation slowly and fatally overdosing on white guilt. There have been two reasonably analogous killings
