Spanish Guards Find Two Migrants in a Car Engine
Spanish border guards discovered two migrants hidden in a car, including in the engine, at a checkpoint at the Spain-Morocco border.
Tag: Migrant crisis
Calais: Critics Including Le Pen Denounce Refugee Camp Upgrade
The French announcement of a €5 million (£3.65 million) upgrade to turn ‘The Jungle’ tent city at Calais into a fully appointed refugee camp has attracted criticism from all sides, including Marine Le Pen. Aid groups claim the move is inadequate but politicians warn
Migrants Defiant as Hungary Blocks Train Links for 2nd Day
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hundreds of migrants chanted defiant slogans outside Budapest’s main international railway station Wednesday as Hungarian police blocked them for a second day from seeking asylum in Germany and other European Union countries to the west. “What
EU Millions Granted To Convert ‘Jungle’ Migrant City Into ‘Refugee Camp’
The European Union will give France €5 million (£3.65 million) to upgrade the Calais tent city known as “The Jungle” into a full humanitarian refugee camp for those seeking to reach Britain. At the same time the French Prime Minister announced that the Eurotunnel and ferry port
WATCH: Blocked Migrants Chant ‘Germany!’
Migrants chanted “Germany!” after they were blocked from entering one of the main train stations in Budapest, Hungary. The migrants chanted “What do we want? Germany!” as they crowded outside the entrance of Keleti station following a decision by Hungarian
Smaller European Countries Defy EU, Reject Migrant Quotas
Slovakia and the Czech Republic hope to forge a common position with Hungary and Poland on Europe’s migrant crisis that would reject any EU quotas for redistributing the immigrants, the two countries’ leaders said on Monday. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav
Migrant Crisis: Taxpayer-Funded Flights Home For Illegal Immigrants
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
Slovakia Facing Backlash for ‘Christians Only’ Refugee Policy
Slovakia has taken a controversial route in dealing with the ongoing European migrant crisis, with officials in Bratislava saying that they may only let Christians into the country, given the fear that Muslim refugees will not acclimate to their existing civil society.
Joint British-French Border Force to be Deployed to Calais to Confront Migrant Crisis
British police, including UK Border Force officers, will be deployed to France after Home Secretary Theresa May signed a belated agreement with the French government on the Calais migrant crisis. The agreement will establish a joint control and command centre,
GOTCHA: BBC Runs ‘Puff-Piece’ For Radical Pro-Migrant Group, Doesn’t Declare Affiliations
The BBC News Magazine, published on-line and funded by the British public, has printed an extensive piece on the work done by members of Calais Migrant Solidarity, without mentioning the organisation itself once. ‘Calais migrant crisis: The Britons in the
Step Up In Battle Against Human Trafficking To Prevent ‘Second Calais’
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
Row Over Permanent ‘Container Village’ For Refugee Tent Camp
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
Left Wing Extremists Traveling En Masse To Calais To ‘Support’ Illegals Attempting To Cross Channel
Up to 700 hard-left activists are planning to travel en masse to Calais from London to deliver “support” to illegal migrants camped near the Channel Tunnel. The development follows reports last week that French Police are “convinced” that British anarchist
WATCH: Migrant Crisis Survivors In Sicily
Survivors of a migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean have arrived in Italy. It’s feared as many as two hundred people drowned after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized off Libya’s coast. Sky’s Alex Rossi reports from Palermo in Sicily. Speaking
Claim: Far-Left Anarchist Groups Coordinating Migrants In Calais, Encouraging Clashes With Police
French police are convinced activists from far-left anarchist groups, many of them British, are working to “manipulate migrants” and coordinate attacks and crossings in Calais. They also aim to increase violent clashes, so the police will be portrayed badly in
Pictures: Tomorrow’s Calais Migrants Make Landfall in Italy in Their Thousands as Crisis Rolls on
Over 2,000 migrants have been ‘saved’ by the Italian coastguard over the past three days, just a fraction of the so-called ‘swarm’ presently migrating north through Europe. As illegals attempting to cross the Mediterranean in unseaworthy boats to Europe were
Refugee Influx: Up 408% this Year so Far, Crushing the Greek Economy
As Greece struggles to regain some economic strength at it continues to negotiate a solution to its debt crisis with the European Union, the flood of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and other ravaged areas east of the Hellenic republic has continued unabated, threatening an economy that has for years been on the brink of disaster.
Turkey’s Migrant Boom Creating Market for Low-Quality ‘Life Vests’ to Wear to Greece
Illegal migrants trapped in Turkey and hoping to enter the European Union are invigorating that nation’s black market for life vests, useful in crossing the Aegean Sea into Greece. Manufacturers in Izmir, a popular interim destination for refugees, are warning, however, that many black-market life vests are poorly constructed and actually serve to pull the wearer deeper into the water, not keep them afloat.
Migrant Crisis: Calais Under Pressure
As leaders in Brussels talk about the migrant crisis on Europe’s doorstep the French town that’s the focus of the latest concern is struggling to cope. Follow Breitbart London on Twitter @BreitbartLondon
UN Warns Greek Islands of Kos, Lesbos Overwhelmed by Migrants
With tens of thousands of migrants braving the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas for a change to live in Europe, a report from Greek newspaper Ta Nea puts the dramatic situation in perspective: 407 migrants landed in Greece, mostly traveling illegally from Turkey, in the past 24 hours.
Half a Million Migrants Waiting to be Ushered into Europe
Half a million migrants are thought to be amassing on the shores of Libya waiting to make the crossing to European ground. The Royal Naval ship NHS Bulwark rescued 1,300 migrants from overcrowded boats heading across the Mediterranean this weekend,
France Rejects EU Migrant Quotas as Calais Police Subdue Violent African Tent Camps
The city of Calais, France has been labeled a “war zone” for more than a year now, as violence between competing factions of African migrant smugglers threatens to engulf the city and its economy. As the EU demands France take in 9,000 more migrants, officials doubt the country could keep the peace in that scenario.
Italy Hands Smuggler Unprecedented Life Sentence as Europe Prepares for Migrant Deluge
A court in Catania, Italy, has sentenced 23-year-old Haj Hammouda Radouan to life in prison for manning an illegal migrant ship that capsized in the Mediterranean, killing an estimated 200 people. It is the first such sentence in Italy’s history, a precedent arriving just as the nation prepares for the summer rise in African migrants attempting to reach European shores.
EU to Make Europe Accept Relocation of 40,000 Refugees Out of Italy and Greece
The European Commission has called on EU member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea who land in Italy and Greece over the next two years.
Tripoli: Without Unified Libya, Migrant Crisis Will Turn Europe ‘Completely Black’
Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Ghirani, who represented Tripoli’s Islamist Libyan Dawn government, warned that the lack of communication between European nations and Tripoli would result in an unstoppable deluge of immigrants into Europe.
