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Spanish Leftists Furious More Migrants Aren’t Arriving

Left-wingers in Spain are angry that barely any of the huge number of migrants who entered Europe last year have chosen to come to their country. Nations along the main migrant route into the continent have been feeling the strain,

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Merkel Doubles Down: ‘I Have No Plan B’ On Migrant Crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to back down over her open borders migration policy, saying in a televised interview that there is “no point in believing that I can solve the problem through the unilateral closure of borders.” “I

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Downing Street Falsely Added General’s Name to Anti-Brexit Letter

One of Britain’s most respected generals was furious after the Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street admitted it had mistakenly added his name to an anti-Brexit letter. The open letter was orchestrated by the Prime Minister’s office and signed

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Brexit Could Be Good for Europe, Says Former Spanish Minister

It may be for the greater good if Britain left the European Union (EU), a former Spanish Industry Minister has said. Britain’s renegotiation has left the EU vulnerable to other member states wanting their own concessions, and on balance it

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Leading Businessman: Brexit Will Not Hurt UK Economy

Leaving the European Union (EU) would not necessarily damage the UK economy, a leading British businessman has said. Responding to yesterday’s letter in The Times from pro-EU business leaders, fund manager Neil Woodford said it was pure speculation whether leaving

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Dutch PEGIDA Leader Arrested For Failing To Take Off Pig Hat

The leader of the Dutch branch of the anti-Islamisation PEGIDA movement was arrested on Saturday for refusing to take off a child’s hat shaped like a pig. Edwin Wagensveld was leading a demonstration in the town of Ede against plans

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Locals Cheer as Planned Migrant Centre Burns Down

A planned migrant centre in Germany burned down this weekend as onlookers cheered and tried to prevent the fire service from intervening. The former hotel in the town of Bautzen in Saxony caught fire on Saturday night, with officials reporting

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Top Economist: Merkel’s Migrant Policy Is ‘Morally Reprehensible’

Angela Merkel’s open invitation for over a million migrants to come to Germany last year was a “colossal mistake”, a renowned economist has said. In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Oxford academic Sir Paul Collier said that Merkel’s

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Austria Expels Foreign-Funded Imam

Austria has expelled its first foreign-funded imam under new anti-extremism measures introduced in February last year. Imam Yakup Aynagoz, who was imam at the Ahi Evran mosque in the town of St Veit an der Göslen was ordered to leave

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6,000 Migrants Arrive on Greek Island of Lesbos in Just 3 Days

More than 2,000 migrants are arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos every single day, even during the colder winter months. Authorities said yesterday that 6,000 people have arrived on the island during the past three days alone, despite bad

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UK Air Strikes in Syria Have Killed or Injured Just 7 Jihadis

British air strikes in Syria have killed or injured just seven Islamic State fighters since they began in December. Estimates released by the Ministry of Defence show that by the end of January just four strikes by the Royal Air

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Channel Tunnel to Be Extended to Keep Out Migrants

The migrant crisis in Calais is now so bad that authorities are considering extending the Channel Tunnel by a third of a mile to stop migrants stowing away on trains to Britain. A section of track from the opening of

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Russian Anti-Smoking Ad: ‘Don’t Be Like Obama’

An anti-smoking ad has appeared around Moscow showing U.S. President Barack Obama smoking a cigarette, with the caption “Don’t smoke — don’t be like Obama”. “Smoking kills more people than Obama, although he kills a lot of people,” it adds.

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Analyst: One Million Syrian Migrants to Enter Europe This Year

Despite the efforts of European nations to tighten their borders, one million Syrian migrants are set to arrive in the continent over the coming year, a Middle East analyst has said. The figure would be double that of last year,

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Crime SOARS in Austria As Germany Starts Sending Migrants Back

Parts of Austria are reporting surging crime after Germany started turning away one in 10 migrants who try to cross the border. The situation is now so bad in one town near the border that passengers have asked officials to

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Russian Footballer Angers Turkey by Revealing Putin T-Shirt During Match

European football’s governing body is set to penalise a Lokomotiv Moscow football player after he revealed a t-shirt depicting Vladimir Putin during a match in Turkey. Dmitri Tarasov caused considerable anger in Turkey after revealing the t-shirt, which shows a

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Fake ‘Refugees’ Planned More Terror Attacks in Paris

Two men who were arrested in the Austrian city of Salzburg while posing as refugees have confessed to planning further terror attacks in Paris. The men were arrested at a migrant centre near the city on suspicion of belong to

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Protesters Clash With Riot Police Over New Migrant Centre in Kos

Protests against a new migrant camp on the Greek island of Kos turned violent yesterday as police fired tear gas and clashed with local residents. The island’s 30,000 residents are becoming increasingly agitated at plans to build a sprawling new

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Court Overrules Ban on Eurosceptic Leader

A local court dealt a humiliating blow to the mayor of the German city of Augsburg after overruling his attempt to ban the leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD) from giving a speech, thus ensuring maximum publicity for the event.

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UK Govt Ministers Won’t House Migrants In Their Constituencies

The parliamentary constituencies of senior ministers, including Prime Minister David Cameron, are housing hardly any newly-arrived asylum seekers, despite the Prime Minister’s commitment to taking in at least 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next few years. Speaking to the House

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Huge Rise in Radicalised Residents in Copenhagen

The number of reports about potential extremists in the Danish capital Copenhagen has risen significantly in the past year. City authorities received 100 reports about potentially radicalised residents in 2015, a 66 per cent increase on the previous year. Copenhagen’s

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