
Germany has taken four times as many refugees this year as in 2014, and a state president has lashed out at the new head of the Federal Migration Office for working too slowly. Some 964,574 refugees have come to Germany this
by Oliver Lane7 Dec 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

Posters branded with the emblem of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kabul, have sprung up around Afghanistan trying to warn locals off choosing the nation as a target for migration. Debunking common myths about life in Germany
by Oliver Lane17 Nov 2015, 12:41 AM PST0

Germany’s finance minister has warned that an ‘avalanche’ of migrants has been triggered, just as it was revealed that Germany should expect up to 10 million migrants by 2020. According to the calculations of another member of German Chancellor Angela
by Liam Deacon12 Nov 2015, 8:54 AM PST0

Valletta (AFP) – EU leaders hope Thursday to clinch an aid-for-cooperation deal with their African partners to tackle an unprecedented migration crisis and rebuff fears a “fortress” Europe is emerging. The concerns were aired at a rare EU-Africa summit in
by AFP12 Nov 2015, 1:45 AM PST0

Poland’s president rejected suggestions on Friday that he had effectively ensured the country would not be represented at next week’s EU migration summit by setting the first sitting of the country’s new parliament for the same day. President Andrzej Duda
by Reuters7 Nov 2015, 1:52 AM PST0

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has criticized optimistic politicians who speak of quick fixes to Europe’s migration crisis, arguing that the roots of the crisis are so deep, it will take at least a generation to clean up the mess.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.3 Nov 2015, 4:15 AM PST0

Polish football (soccer) fans unveiled an enormous anti mass migration banner at Sunday’s Silesian Wrocław match against Poznań. Images from the match last night show a giant crusader defending Europe from invading jihadists in boats labelled USS Hussein, USS Bin Laden and USS ISIS. Just a
by Raheem Kassam and Oliver Lane2 Nov 2015, 10:32 AM PST0

A Swedish artist has been investigated by Danish police after a political stunt calling attention to the dangers of Europe’s porous borders was reported to the authorities. Artist Dan Park had mocked up flyers satirising the now-familiar Refugees Welcome trope, a
by Oliver Lane20 Oct 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

Research in the European microcosm nation of Denmark has found three-quarters of Muslims in the country register on an important measure for radicalisation – more now than a decade ago. Whereas 10 years ago Muslims in Denmark could have been considered
by Oliver Lane15 Oct 2015, 4:24 AM PST0

The European Union (EU) should “do its best to undermine” the “homogeneity” of its member states. That is the considered view of UN special representative, Peter Sutherland, who will be a star turn at an international migration conference in Istanbul,
by Simon Kent25 Sep 2015, 4:47 AM PST0

Extraordinary scenes played out at an emergency European Union (EU) summit in Belgium last night after the president of the European Council criticised Germany’s “invitation” to migrants and warned the crisis had only just began. The Hungarian prime minister Viktor
by Liam Deacon24 Sep 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

BUDAPEST, Hungary (Sept. 7) – Hungary has had enough. After weeks of turmoil driven by immigrants surging through the country’s frontiers on their way to Germany, borders with Serbia to the south and Austria to the north are being closed in
by Simon Kent7 Sep 2015, 3:05 AM PST0