BERLIN (AFP) – Germany’s interior minister voiced optimism Sunday that Europe’s refugee influx had peaked but said agreements with North African countries may be needed to prevent mass arrivals in future. A controversial EU-Turkey deal goes into effect on Monday under
The International Business Times reports: Greece is predicted to descend into rioting and chaos next week when the new agreement between the European Union and Turkey — to allow Greece to send back migrants that either do not apply for asylum or fail
The EU will unveil plans to overhaul its asylum system this week following a controversial migrant deal with Turkey.
Ankara (AFP) – Turkey on Saturday vehemently rejected accusations by Amnesty International that it was forcibly returning Syrian refugees to the conflict-torn country, as Ankara prepares to take back, under an EU deal, Syrians who travelled illegally to Greece. “The
The Afghan migrant who brutally murdered a teacher in Germany explains to police the motive behind the crime. A 58-year-old migrant from Afghanistan killed 55-year-old teacher Medhi H. in cold blood after what was assumed to be a heated argument
The German government has pledged €200 million to combat the rampant sexual abuse of children and women in asylum homes. The Ministry of Families, Seniors, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) is making the sum available as of April 1st to fund
Thefts are on the rise as gangs from Georgia send members to Germany as asylum seekers to commit crimes in increasing numbers. The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) says that the increase in thefts of jewels and art in Germany
Estate agents and other property vendors in Sweden have come up with a new way to sell office space in a tough economy; they simply advertise that the spaces could be used to house migrants. Reaction to the ads, which were placed
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Thursday that the deadly bombings in Brussels are evidence of a new world war, which the Jewish state and other countries must fight together. “We’re in the same boat,” he told Israeli army radio
The chief suspect in a brutal murder case that has been the source of speculation in Germany for over a month has been revealed as an Afghan asylum seeker. Celle near Hanover is a quiet medieval town that wouldn’t look out
A brewery in Germany has been forced to take its “Border Fence” beer from supermarket shelves after a campaign claimed the beer was “anti-migrant” and alluded to Nazism. Just last week Staubringer brewery released its new beer called “Border Fence” but public pressure has
The Independent reports: Belgium must improve its security instead of just “eating chocolate and enjoying life,” an Israeli minister has reportedly said. Yisrael Katz, currently serving as both minister for transport and intelligence, made the comments in an interview with
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned Europe that Islamic State militants are using the refugee crisis to send terrorists across the Continent, and the way to defeat that threat is by using military force to stem the flow at source.
With a passionate defence of her migrant policy, Chancellor Angela Merkel threw herself into one last campaign push on the eve of “Super Sunday” elections in three German states that risk weakening her. Migration is the touchstone issue in the
A heated row that ended with an Iranian asylum seeker branding a parking warden ‘English’ has resulted in his conviction for racial abuse. Hull Magistrates Court heard that Mohammed Akhlaghi, 35, shoved Robert St Paul in the back and used the word
Amira Behari, a 43-year-old Muslim woman, appeared before a Munich court after she accused a man of verbally abusing her at a train station last year. Behari wore a full face veil with her eyes being her only visible facial feature. The judge
Migrants who were part of a gang that tore apart asylum accommodation and savagely attacked police officers in a riot last year are now in court, charged with aggravated breach of the peace. Violence broke out in the migrant receiving centre in
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said “closing borders” is “not an option” and demanded a sentence declaring the “western Balkans [migrant] route closed” is crossed out in a statement from the European Union (EU) summit with Turkish leaders today. EU
(AFP) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday demanded the “urgent” relocation of thousands of refugees to other EU countries, as neighbouring Macedonia further tightened a border blockade trapping them in his country. He made the call on the
Britain cannot deport tens of thousands of illegal migrants for the simple reason that it has no power to do so, a government minister said last night. Richard Harrington made the startling admission and added they will stay because they had “no
The number of asylum seekers claiming refuge in Europe more than doubled in 2015, latest figures reveal. The European Union’s (EU) own data agency, Eurostat, delivered the hard, statistical evidence that confirmed the unprecedented scale of the influx into the
The price of human dignity for the tens of thousands of economic migrants now living in Greece has been calculated by the European Union (EU) to equal large amounts of taxpayer cash stuffed into envelopes and distributed amongst those it believes qualify
A former radical Islamist spoke at a German university about the “generational” dangers of radical Islamism among young Germans and incoming migrants. Ahmad Mansour is a psychologist and author who used to be a radical Islamist. He recently published a book which
The rise of anti-Semitism in Sweden has forced Danish actor Kim Bodnia to quit the hit television show The Bridge. Bodnia played detective Martin Rohde in two seasons of the Scandi-crime drama, but after first signing up for a third, he later
Eastern European migrants are forcing local authorities to spend millions of pounds on providing care for their children in the face of calls for them to be repatriated to their parents’ home countries. The numbers have doubled in the past five years alone,
Abandoned by France, defied by eastern Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel cuts a lonely figure in her struggle for EU “solidarity” on the refugee crisis ahead of a Brussels summit. Merkel is battling for a deal that will see refugees
The mass influx of refugees and other migrants into Europe spells a “near existential threat” to Europe, US secretary of state John Kerry said on Saturday. “The United States understands the near existential nature of this threat to the politics
Tens of thousands of Syrians were stranded at the border with Turkey on Monday after escaping a Russia-backed government offensive in Aleppo, as Germany’s chancellor prepared to visit Ankara to press for tighter border controls. Turkey has vowed to help
German police on Sunday searched the homes of two men suspected of having ties to “a terrorist group” in Syria, federal prosecutors said. The anti-terror raids took place near the western city of Mainz. The federal prosecutor’s office said the
Taxpayer-funded three-star hotel accommodation provided for asylum seekers has been labelled discriminatory because paying guests receive better food than migrants who demand their “VIP status” be recognised. Private contractor Clearsprings is housing 129 refugees at the Mediterranean-themed Europa Gatwick Hotel where migrants have
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria will extend its border controls if Turkey does not take back refugees picked up at sea on their way to Greece, Chancellor Werner Faymann said in an interview with the daily Oesterreich. He had earlier said
The municipal government in the Swedish town where an asylum centre worker was stabbed to death refuses to allow a memorial at the centre for fear of offending migrants. Swedish media SVT reports that the co-workers of the victim wished to
An Austrian Federal government official has warned that the migrant camp at Traiskirchen is becoming a hotbed for radical Islamism and a “breeding ground for radicalization,” according to Die Presse. Christian Konrad, the Austrian Federal governments Refugee coordinator has stated his
Stunning figures from the European Commission (EC) reveal that cities with the most migrants claim to have the worst standard of living. The Daily Mail reports a new study by the EC surveyed 500 people per city across 83 cities in Europe asking
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany and de facto EU boss, said in her New Year message at the outset of 2015 that Pegida had “hate in their hearts”. It’s an interesting comment from a woman who sees her own people attacked in
TEL AVIV – Swastikas, “satanic” stars of David, and maps of Israel in the Palestinian flag’s colors adorn the walls of a Nazi airport-cum-refugee center in Berlin, according to an Israeli expat who recently visited the refugees housed there. 28-year-old
A senior figure in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has proposed setting up “border centres” along the frontier with Austria to speed up the repatriation of those asylum seekers deemed unqualified to stay. Julia Kloeckner, leader of Merkel’s Christian Democrats
Britain might take in refugee children who have been displaced by the war in Syria and have travelled to other countries in Europe, a government minister said on Sunday. International Development Secretary Justine Greening said the government was considering whether it
Bloomberg Businessweek reports: It’s a scene that could possibly warm even the two-sizes-too-small heart of the Grinch. Here in a little village in Norway, as dusky midday light filters in through the forest outside a classroom, a half-dozen Afghan teenagers hunch
The sexual assaults that marred New Year celebrations in Cologne and other cities across Germany, mostly perpetrated by young male immigrants from Syria and Iraq, is sadly nothing new. According to a new report by Amnesty International (AI), women travelling
