One in 25 people that boards a boat bringing migrants across the Meditteranean into Europe will die. This is brutal, emotive extent of Europe’s migrant crisis. If the numbers don’t do it for you, the pictures will, which is why
There is a tendency in ‘new media’ circles to just pump out stories without thinking, accompanied by ‘clickbait’ headlines like: “OMG You Won’t Believe What Happened at the INSANE Notting Hill Carnival!” (you will) and: “This Man Took His Girlfriend to
The former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has issued a stark warning to the United States government, asserting that the EU migrant crisis doesn’t just threaten Europe and the United Kingdom, but has significant ramifications for U.S. national
Fifteen people have been arrested in Spain this month for smuggling migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar on the back of high-powered jet skis. Each smuggler can carry one or two migrants while they make the eight-mile journey from Morocco
We have now reached the point where every week there is a major news story about the UK’s failure to deal with migration. This week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released figures showing that once again levels of migration
Germany will accommodate as many immigrants as make their way to the country, so says the head of the country’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees Manfred Schmidt. Speaking to the German newspaper Der Spiegel, Schmidt acknowledged that the numbers of people coming
From Reuters European Union ministers were summoned on Sunday to meet in two weeks’ time to seek urgent solutions to a migration crisis unprecedented in the bloc’s history, as the mounting death toll on land and sea forced governments to
Aspiring Labour leader Andy Burnham has admitted defeat. Rather than stand firm on Britain’s right to a sovereign border he says Britain should welcome migrants like those now gathered in Calais to prevent talks on EU reforms from failing. The MP claims the
A Muslim mayor from the Nuovo Centrodestra (New Centre Right) party, representing the Tuscan seaside community of Monte Argentario, has refused to accept any refugees. A political opponent has now sought to use the mayor’s Islamic faith as a way to criticise
As tensions rose after journalists were turned away from a Red Cross refugee centre on the outskirts of Milan, about 100 asylum seekers took to the streets to protest over poor living conditions and bureaucratic delay. Although The Local reports yesterday
Organised smuggling gangs are using social media to advertise destination countries in Europe to potential migrants. In a bid to sell various smuggling packages to people seeking a better life, the gangs are offering ‘pro-tips’ on European countries, including giving
Thousands of migrants have stormed across Macedonia’s southern border with Greece just days after the Macedonian government closed the border and declared a state of emergency. Police lobbed stun grenades and hit some of the infiltrators with batons, but were
As the UK and France continue to look for a solution to the migrant crisis at Calais, it has been announced the British taxpayer will pick up the bill for migrants to be flown home from the French port. Asylum processing facilities
This graphic put together by the International Centre for Migration Policy in conjunction with Reuters shows the routes migrants take to get into Europe, and inevitably, up to countries like Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. Noteworthy is the city
Greece appealed to its European Union partners on Tuesday to come up with a comprehensive strategy to deal with a growing migrant crisis as new data showed 21,000 refugees landed on Greek shores last week alone. That number is almost
Eritrean asylum seekers in Sweden are risking serious backlash after a week of unprovoked, migrant violence towards their native hosts. Otherwise considered one of the most enthusiastically forgiving and multicultural nations in Europe, Sweden reacted with horror to a double
One of the things I was most pleased with during my tenure as UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s advisor at the last general election was a simple but effective poster I devised. The party’s initially appointed campaign leaders had come up short
France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and his British counterpart Theresa May will sign a deal this week to try and alleviate the migrant crisis in Calais, the government said Tuesday. The deal — which will be signed in the northern French port
BRUSSELS, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Nearly 110,000 migrants were tracked entering the EU in July by irregular means, official data showed on Tuesday, setting a record as the influx continues, notably of Syrians reaching Greek islands from Turkey. The European
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
The Belgian Interior Minister has announced the creation of a special Task Force to counter human trafficking. The move comes as his country steps up its battle against human traffickers to avoid the risk of Belgium becoming a ‘second Calais’. In an interview with
Rome (AFP) – At least 40 migrants died in the hold of a boat off Italy as the EU struggled to cope with “the worst refugee crisis since World War II”, with thousands making dangerous crossings to reach Italy and Greece.
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
Dozens of migrants have broken into a secure Eurotunnel complex – by guessing the passcode to a gate in the fence and walking straight through. Their actions make a mockery of the millions of pounds being spent by the British
ATHENS/GENEVA, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Greece’s infrastructure cannot handle the thousands of people landing on its shores from places like war-torn Syria and Afghanistan and needs European Union help, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday. “Now is the time
