Tag: Europe Migrant Crisis

EU ministers have failed to reach a consensus over a quota system to help relocate some 120,000 asylum seekers across member states. The main stumbling block to the proposal came from Eastern states, but ministers did agree they should take a break

Two in every 100 Syrian migrants are likely to be Islamic State fighters, a Lebanese minister has warned David Cameron. Britain has agreed to take 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next few years. If the minister’s warning is correct, as many

Well, that deteriorated quickly. Last week Angela Merkel was laying down the law to Europe and saying Germany was going to welcome 800,000 migrants across its border before the end of the year. The implication was that if Germany could do

Embattled Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has lashed out at pro-migration non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today, singling out those funded by Hungarian-American George Soros for criticism. He said they are “are drawing a living from the immigration crisis” while Hungary is

So just where is Jean-Claude Juncker, the unelected and unaccountable head of the European Commission? I know, I know, as if anyone really cares. Still, as Europe plunges into its greatest crisis since the end of World War II and

Germany said Tuesday it approves of using EU aid funds to pressure member states into accepting binding quotas to relocate 120,000 refugees, after several eastern countries refused the migrant distribution proposal. “The negotiations situation is such that nothing happens to

Hungary effectively sealed its border with Serbia on Tuesday to stem the massive influx of refugees, as EU ministers failed in an emergency meeting to agree on sharing the migrants around the bloc. Budapest’s move came after Austria and Slovakian

The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo has satirised the image of drowned Syrian migrant child Aylan Kurdi, to mock Christian Europe and its apparent obsession with consumerism in the face of the migrant crisis. But many seem to have got

Around 250 children from Cardiff, Wales are housed outside of their home city, some as far away as northern England, because of a shortage of foster families in the Welsh capital. Meanwhile, 2000 British families have pledged to take Syrian refugees

Dear Stephen Nolan, I see that you recently took a barrage of phone calls, and have experienced quite a lot of Twitter confrontation over your comments to your callers on your BBC radio show. I must say, I sought out

Over the course of this weekend we have heard no end of left-wing politicians and media commentators taking to the airwaves to claim that the British public overwhelmingly support Britain accepting more migrants into the United Kingdom. But frankly, the

Comedian and left-leaning libertarian TV host Bill Maher brought a little sense to the migrant crisis debate over the weekend. They said Muslim migrants need to stay in the Middle East, that they will make Europe less tolerant, and that

Labour Member of Parliament Rachael Maskell has revealed some of her and her colleagues true intentions for the United Kingdom by declaring that Britain should take as many migrants as it can until we are at “saturation point”. Speaking at

A compilation of disturbing evidence of BBC bias surrounding the migrant crisis has been uploaded to YouTube, and appears to show radio host Stephen Nolan at odds with much of his listenership. Although crudely cut, the clip (below) doesn’t just

A Hungarian camerawoman who caused global outrage after being caught on film tripping and kicking refugees as they fled police broke her silence on Friday, saying she had “panicked”. “As I watch the footage now, it’s like I’m not watching

European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker used part of his “State of the Union” speech yesterday to make a bold claim about migration into the European Union that seems to have been missed by most news outlets. He said, in