“No one is illegal” runs the German Green Party’s slogan. But one of their number, Mayor Boris Palmer, is not so sure. Critics accuse him of “scaremongering,” but serving as mayor of Tübingen for the last nine years, Palmer has
A Conservative MP has suggested that Anglican bishops should be removed from the House of Lords and replaced with Syrian refugees. https://twitter.com/HenrySmithMP/status/656777834967539712 Henry Smith, MP for Crawley, made the comments after 84 Church of England bishops signed a letter calling
Ali, a Palestinian-Syrian banker desperate to reach the Netherlands, had to hide his surprise when he finally met a shadowy forger known as “The Whale” at an Arab-style shisha cafe near Athens. “It turns out the guy I’d been speaking
Poland’s divided attitudes to the European refugee crisis were laid bare during a televised debate between political candidates, ahead of a general election the conservative opposition is tipped to win. Candidates from eight parties faced off on how Poland should
An EU scheme to relocate asylum seekers from overstretched Italy and Greece could grind to a halt just two weeks after it began if member states fail to meet their obligations, an EU source said Tuesday. The source said Italy
(Reuters) – Four boatloads of migrants came ashore at a British military base on Cyprus on Wednesday, authorities said, the first time since the migrant crisis began that migrants have landed directly on what is considered British sovereign soil. Vessels
A Dutch political satire show has taken aim at the European migrant crisis, airing a short commercial telling would-be refugees to go to neighbouring Denmark instead. Noting the popularity of the Netherlands among refugees, the short takes aim at the habit
According to POLITICO magazine, a desire to preserve the Christian heritage of Europe is “wacky”. Also deemed bizarre are: people not welcoming violent migrants, dismay at the fact that diseases long-eradicated in Europe are now making a return, and concern
The latest offensive on Aleppo, Syria, could trigger another refugee wave into Europe. The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that thousands already fled the city.
An Iranian economic migrant in Hamburg, Germany might just have become a genuine refugee after converting to Christianity. The Iranian national, 24, was left “seriously injured” after being set upon by an Afghan migrant on Sunday in a refugee camp in Hamburg-Eidelstedt, Die Welt reports. Police said the man was beaten with a telescopic baton, with the Afghan responsible declaring that conversion was a “sin.”
A new poll has found almost 40 per cent of Muslims living in Denmark believe laws in the country should be based on Quranic Sharia Law, indicating a confident belief in the dominion of Islam over the nation. The figures come
Greece has witnessed a surge in migrant arrivals in recent days amid fears of worsening weather and closing borders inside Europe, the United Nations and Greek authorities said Tuesday. The UN refugee agency said it had registered a clear “spike
The whopping €3 billion inducement negotiated between Turkey and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is already being sneered at by the Turkish government, with the country’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu stating in an interview that he didn’t intend for his country
Migrants who have travelled all the way across the Mediterranean and through southern Europe are now facing a new challenge when they reach the streets of Vienna: an army of do-gooders dressed as clowns. A group called ‘Red Noses Emergency
LJUBLJANA, Oct 20 – Slovenia’s parliament is expected to approve changes to its laws later on Tuesday to enable the army to help police guard the border, as thousands of migrants flooded into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off
Europe should stop luring Syrians away from their homeland and instead focus on ending the civil war, the Archbishop of Aleppo has said. Hitting back at Anglican bishops who signed a letter calling for Britain to take in tens of
People smugglers operating across the Mediterranean have started offering “seasonal discounts” as winter winds turn the sea choppy. In previous years the number of migrants crossing in winter has been as few as one tenth of those crossing in summer,
Germany needs at least 40,000 new public sector workers to cope with the huge influx of migrants, and may even have to force older civil servants out of retirement, think tanks and unions have claimed. The Institute for Employment Research
(AFP) – Poland’s conservative President Andrzej Duda on Sunday said his government should take steps to protect its citizens if it took in migrants as they could bring “possible epidemics”. The statements are potentially embarrassing for former Polish premier Donald
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday hailed progress in helping Ankara deal with the refugee crisis and vowed to push forwards its long-stalled EU membership bid, as Slovenia warned it would have to slow a rising influx of migrants. Merkel
Two Syrian sisters hold up a sign on an improvised board made of pink rubber – an attempt to keep fellow refugees calm as they wait in long, slow-moving queues at the Serbia-Croatia border. “There are no buses right now. Be
BERKASOVO, Serbia – Thousands of migrants clamoured to enter European Union member Croatia from Serbia on Monday after a night spent in the cold and mud of no-man’s land, their passage west slowed by a Slovenian effort to impose limits on
A pro-migrant protest turned violent today, with Swiss police forced to use water cannon and rubber bullets to quell the self-described ‘anti-fascists’ who violated law by demonstrating on an election day. Hundreds of the hard-left protesters, and a group calling
The refrain is often thus: “We can do it” – almost an automatic, Obama-esque, vacuous response to those who question the wisdom of throwing open Europe’s borders to seemingly ceaseless numbers of migrants. Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is perhaps the most guilty
The President of the Czech Republic has warned that Muslim migrants will “respect Sharia instead of Czech laws,” possibly stoning women, and saying that they could increase the practice of veiling, “depriving” the nation of female beauty. Outspoken left-wing Czech President Milos Zeman, 72,
