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The Australian network SBS found a Cuban refugee among the throngs of thousands of migrants on the border between Belarus and Poland. In an interview published on Monday, Juan Carlos told SBS he was one of seven Cubans attempting to escape communism into Europe after making it to Europe’s last dictatorship.

Nigel Farage has threatened a return to politics over Boris Johnson’s handling of the migrant crisis in the English Channel.

Liverpool bomber Emad Al Swealmeen reportedly entered the UK with a forged passport from Jordan resulting in his asylum claim being denied.

Statistics from Switzerland have revealed that 61 per cent of men accused of killing their wives come from migrant backgrounds.

The US isn’t the only nation looking at a pricy Thanksgiving, with UK bread prices set to soar by up to 20% in the coming weeks.

The UK government has made an “outrageous” decision to end a grant supporting victims of grooming gangs in Rotherham, a local MP has said.

British Health Secretary Sajid Javid has ruled out the possibility of compulsory coronavirus vaccinations being implemented in the UK. In response to whether Britain would be following the likes of Austria in mandating vaccines, Mr Javid bluntly stated “no” on

J.K. Rowling said that she has received “so many death threats” after a group of “activist actors” posted a photo revealing her home address.

The celebration of Christmas is not a cause for division but for unity, Pope Francis told organizers of Italy’s annual “Christmas Contest” for young songwriters.

Pope Francis urged young people to be willing to swim against the tide Sunday, praising by name those who fight in the name of the environment.

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on Western allies for solidarity to “defend Europe” against the mass migration “hybrid warfare” being waged by Belarus — declared the “greatest attempt to destabilise Europe” since the Cold War — defiantly declaring that “Poland will not yield to blackmail and will do everything to stop the evil threatening Europe”.

Boris Johnson quoted communist dictator Vladimir Lenin to promote his Build Back Better green agenda in a speech on Monday.

Germany’s health minister said it’s likely everyone in the country who isn’t vaccinated will have caught COVID-19 by the end of the winter.

Austria went into a nationwide lockdown early Monday in a desperate effort to contain spiraling coronavirus infections.

An elite British university has banned the phrase ‘trigger warning’ because the term may in itself be too “provocative” and trigger students.

Approximately 25,000 illegal aliens have crossed the English Channel from France since the beginning of this year, around triple the number that arrived in 2020, when 8,404 made the journey.

Ten of thousands of people demonstrated through Brussels on Sunday to protest lockdown restrictions imposed by the Belgian government.

There are growing calls within Germany to follow the lead of neighbouring Austria and mandate vaccines for the Chinese coronavirus.

Private schools in Milan tasked with teaching basic skills to illegals have been accused of teaching far-left extremist ideologies to the migrants as well.

A report on the United Kingdom’s response to the Chinese coronavirus crisis has found that the government was “underprepared” for such a pandemic, stating that there were no “detailed plans” to deal with a coronavirus outbreak. The National Audit Office

Twelve people will stand trial in Paris over a $10 million jewelry heist targeting Kim Kardashian West in 2016, authorities said Friday.

Police in Croatia said that a German reporter was detained and fined for illegally entering the country from Bosnia with a group of migrants.

Authorities have foiled 65 terrorist plots in France since 2015, according to official figures which also revealed that terrorist attacks have claimed the lives of over 260 people during that period. 

Mass demonstrations erupted across Europe on Saturday with anti-lockdown protests being staged in Vienna, Rome, and The Netherlands.

The UK is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to higher Black and Asian deaths from COVID-19.

A Palestinian gunman from the Hamas terror group opened fire by the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing one and injuring another four, two of whom are in serious condition.

German police say they found Islamic State videos in the possession of the Syrian migrant who stabbed four people on a train this month.

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is reportedly making preparations to vaccinate children as young as five years old by the Spring.

The trial of 24 NGO workers accused of aiding illegal migration, espionage, and people trafficking opened in Lesbos, Greece, on Thursday.

China officially downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania in protest after Taiwan established a de facto embassy in Vilnius.

Liverpool terrorist bomber and alleged Christian convert Emad Al Swealmeen had reverted to Islam in the months before his attack outside of a hospital on Remembrance Sunday, according to claims made to a leading British newspaper.

A cinema in Wales has been ordered to close after refusing to check COVID passports, after claiming that the passes infringe on human rights.

Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili ended a roughly 50-day hunger strike on Friday that he started in early October while imprisoned on dubious corruption charges, the Georgian Times reported.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police on Saturday temporarily suspended the driving license of former top European Union official Donald Tusk and fined him for speeding.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s leader plans to hold a series of talks around Europe about the pressure of migrants on the European Union’s border with Belarus, a crisis that he expects will continue.

Police have said at least two people may have been shot as a result of officers firing warning shots during violent protests in Rotterdam on Friday evening, as demonstrations against the Dutch government’s decision to enact another coronavirus lockdown descended into chaotic riots.