Contents: Decaying stadiums from 2004 Athens Olympics have new lives housing migrants; Greece transports migrants from Macedonian border back to Athens; Migrants blocked from Macedonia face difficult choices
BERLIN (Reuters) – Under pressure to toughen their stance on migrants, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives called on Thursday for an effective ban on the burqa, saying the full body covering worn by some Muslim women should not be worn
The head of Berlin’s main registration centre for asylum seekers has resigned in disgrace over the chaos in his office, which is currently trying to process record numbers of migrants. Franz Allert quit shortly after Berlin mayor Michael Müller called
Germany has officially received one million asylum seekers in 2015. The figure has exceeded all official expectations, but may in fact be an underestimate as it takes time to register newcomers in the country’s ‘EASY’ computer system. “From January until
New statistics released by a senior German academic confirm previous forecasts suggesting the majority of so-called Syrian refugees coming to Europe are functionally illiterate and have no hope of joining the job market. That almost two thirds of Syrian refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – In past years, Angela Merkel has been feted like a superstar at annual meetings of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, earning thunderous ovations for defending German interests in the euro crisis and facing down Vladimir Putin
A senior politician from Germany’s Left Party has warned against doing “dirty deals” with Turkey’s President Erdogan, labeling him a “Godfather of terrorism”. Interviewed in Der Spiegel, Sahra Wagenknecht accused Turkey’s President Erdogan (pictured) of tacitly supporting Islamic State terrorism and refusing to
France and Germany are “firmly convinced” of the need to reduce the flow of migrants into Europe, they wrote in a joint letter to the European Commission seen by AFP on Tuesday. “It is clear that the control of common
German police were forced to pepper-spray a fare dodging Islamist on Sunday after he reacted badly to having his ticket checked, attacking officers, trying to snatch a police handgun and screaming “Allah hu Akbar”. The 23-year-old Moroccan ‘asylum seeker’ spoke no
Highly respected, former communist professor and historian Jörg Baberowski has warned that “everything dear to [Europeans]” will soon disappear because of his government’s policies towards mass migration. The stark warning is sure to echo around Europe, the United Kingdom, and indeed the
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
Of the 222 violent attacks on ‘refugee’ migrant shelters in Germany this year, only four cases investigated have ended up in a successful prosecution. According to analysis by German newspaper Die Zeit, there have been 747 ‘attacks’ on migrant centres of
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel (pictured) urged Saudi Arabia on Sunday to stop supporting religious radicals amid growing concern among some lawmakers in Berlin about the funding of militant mosques by the world’s biggest oil exporter. The unusual
The Times of Israel reports: In a first for Germany, and perhaps the world, a Muslim wrote one of the Hebrew letters in a new Torah scroll. On November 29, the small Jewish community of Marburg, Germany celebrated the completion
Downing Street has admitted that an early referendum on British membership of the European Union is not on the cards, after the German Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear that she would not rescue the Prime Minister’s plans to curb
German lawmakers on Friday overwhelming approved a broad non-combat mission to aid the coalition fight against the so-called Islamic State, including reconnaissance jets and a frigate, following a call from France for support following last month’s attacks in Paris. The
As some parts of the world prepare to enjoy the festive season, terror-scarred Europe awaits the prospect of large numbers of people gathered for fireworks with grave concern about the possibility of mass-casualty terror atrocities. The Parisian new year’s eve
The Austrian University of Graz has announced their two words of the year — one positive and one negative — and they are both compositions minted especially for mass migration. The Austrian word of the year 2015 is ‘Willkommenskultur’ —
In a change of policy, the head of Germany’s Central Council of Muslims has called for a limit on the number of migrants the country takes in, saying capacity will soon be exhausted. Aiman Mazyek — Chairman of Germany’s largest Muslim organisation, the
Contents: Germany may deploy 1200 soldiers to Syria to fight ISIS; In major new escalation, US special forces will conduct combat in Iraq and Syria
For the first time since World War II, Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ will be printed in Germany in January as an annotated edition, the institute publishing it said Tuesday. The autobiographical text will return to the public domain at the
The German cabinet on Tuesday approved a mandate offering military assistance to back the international fight against the Islamic State jihadist group following the Paris attacks. The package, which still requires parliamentary approval, covers Tornado reconnaissance jets, a naval frigate
Close to half of the German population doesn’t want the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to serve another term, a new poll has found. The result indicates a major fall from grace on the part of the Chancellor, mainly due to
Migrants and locals got into a fight in a restaurant in Bavaria on Sunday, resulting in a 50-year-old German man receiving serious head injuries. The brawl, which began as an argument between a small group of migrants and local residents
A senior German politician, who backs a national burqa ban, has said that the law should also cover tourists to the country from the Arab world. The Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Ilse Aigner, was speaking to German newspaper Die
