Slovenia has asked the European Union for police to help regulate the inflow of migrants from Croatia, Interior Minister Vesna Gyorkos Znidar told TV Slovenia. Over the past 24 hours, more than 10,000 migrants, many fleeing violence in Syria, have
A huge blaze swept through a migrant camp in Slovenia today after angry migrants set fire to their tents in protest at their treatment. Women and children were evacuated from the camp in Brezice, on the border with Croatia, as firefighters battled the fire.
Jean-Claude Juncker clearly believes it’s good to talk. To that end the unelected European Commission president has called an extraordinary five-hour leadership meeting for Sunday to tackle the building migrant emergency in the western Balkans. Attendees will follow their tete a tete with dinner and
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP) – Slovenia called in the army to help it manage a flood of refugees seeking to reach northern Europe ahead of winter, as the small EU state became the latest trouble spot on the migrant trail. The Slovenian
Evidence uncovered on social media indicates that members of Iranian-trained Shiite militias may be entering Europe as refugees, a London-based Iraqi émigré group says. The Foreign Relations Bureau – Iraq (FRBI) identified images of 48 men on Facebook and Twitter who it says fought with Iranian-trained Shiite militias in Iraq and now are in Europe.
A mass intrusion by hundreds of migrants forced Eurotunnel cross-Channel rail services to be suspended in both directions last night after they stormed the terminal and platforms in France. The human tide led the Channel Tunnel operator to halt services from Folkestone, Kent and Coquelles
Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives has fallen to its lowest since May 2013, a poll showed on Sunday, as her coalition partner said Germany must win over refugee skeptics or else risk “planting social explosives in our nation”.
ZURICH, Switzerland – Swiss voters swung to the right in parliamentary elections on Sunday dominated by concerns over Europe’s migrant crisis, with the country’s largest party, the populist Swiss People’s Party, on track to win a record number of seats.
Villagers in a tiny, rural area of Lower Saxony in Germany, are demanding answers after it transpired that their village with a population of just a few hundred will be forced to accept one thousand migrants due to Angela Merkel’s decision to throw
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that refugees from the Middle East and north Africa “could be the all-time great Trojan Horse” but admitted that when he was asked about admitting 3,000 of them to the US, he said he would
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged listeners at the UN General Assembly Thursday to avoid “the same old recipes” to solve conflicts, and warned against “unilateral action” to solve problems like the civil war in Syria, which may put Tsipras at odds with his Russian allies.
When speaking of Europe’s migrant crisis, the Pope has often pointed to the need to address the conditions in migrants’ countries of origin, suggesting that the best long-term cure for the crisis is to stem the flow of those leaving their countries.
Japan has left the stage of the United Nations General Assembly with a promise from Russia to strengthen bilateral relations– and schedule a visit by President Vladimir Putin– as both nations take on larger roles in Syria.
In his remarks before the U.N. General Assembly, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a large increase in aid money for Middle Eastern refugees, but notably declined to allow migrants to resettle in Japan.
A report claims British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived at the United Nations on Sunday to work on a deal that could end the Syrian civil war without removing dictator Bashar Assad from power.
Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said that the US’ refugee needs “more scrutiny” and wondered why Saudi Arabia and Iran aren’t being asked to take refugees on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Rand stated, [relevant remarks
Pope Francis urges Catholic bishops in the United States to open the doors of the Church to immigrants, asserting that “these people will enrich America and its Church. As a Latin American, the Pope apologized for “pleading my own case,” when speaking about the influx of Hispanic immigrants into the United States. He also thanked the bishops for the work they have done for immigrants in this country.
Viktor Orban is meeting Angela Merkel’s close political allies at a conference in a magnificent medieval Bavarian castle today, as Germany eats its own words on Oraban’s hard-line stance on Europe’s borders. The Hungarian Prime Minister was met with protests when
Contents: EU votes to distribute 120,000 refugees among countries by quota; Hungary’s Viktor Orbán invokes memories of Ottoman Empire
Far-left Greek party Syriza had much to celebrate on Sunday, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stormed to a more-comfortable-than-predicted reelection victory. Leftists were not the only ones celebrating, however, as neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn saw its best election results yet, coming in third place.
Contents: With Hungary blocked to migrants, Croatia becomes overwhelmed; Hungary’s Viktor Orbán defends Europe’s ‘Christian culture’
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stated that while allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the US is “a bad idea if there’s no screening,” “we should take every Christian Iraqi and every Christian Syrian” in a
The oil-rich Gulf states are growing sensitive to the criticism that they aren’t taking in any Syrian refugees, and they’re responding by telling the Western world to accept more of them.
Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich stated of admitting refugees from the Middle East and Africa “if our intelligence community tells us it’s not safe, then we shouldn’t do it” on the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” after Wednesday’s
The big Gulf oil kingdoms refuse to take any Syrian refugees, even though they are much closer to the war zone than Europe, and passage to the Gulf would be far less hazardous than risking death in overcrowded boats on the Mediterranean.
