Hundreds of Islamists considered capable of committing “significant offences” are walking free in Germany without surveillance because of a lack of resources, making observation impossible. The radical Islamist “scene” in Germany, which has been described as “rapidly growing” now encompasses
Ahead of the major migrant crisis talks to be held in Brussels on Monday, the European Union (EU) has announced it is to close off the Balkan route completely and begin the return of economic migrants, but this progress may
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has urged Germany to set a clear limit on the number of asylum seekers it will accept to help stem a mass influx of refugees that is severely testing European cohesion. The comments by the Social
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, saying it stirs up prejudice and polarises society. Her comments, made in an interview with the Bild am Sonntag newspaper, reflect growing unease among Germany’s mainstream parties
(Reuters) – Germany and Italy’s interior ministers have written to the European Commission calling for an EU-wide system to register migrants and a harmonisation of selection procedures and rights for asylum seekers, a German newspaper reported. In the letter seen
German police want to crack down on press passes for unapproved journalists in case they they are undercover Nazis, or leftist agitators. In Essen Germany police are taking a hard look at the credentials of journalists who report on the frequent
A water park where two Afghan asylum seekers were arrested at the weekend on suspicion of having raped two girls aged 14 and 18 is to introduce segregated bathing in a bid to prevent a repeat. The two Afghan migrants,
Independent national measures to tackle the migrant crisis are counterproductive, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday as she met with her French counterpart in Paris to push for a joint European solution to the problem. Border slowdowns and closures along
Despite grovelling efforts by Facebook to appease Germany over “online hate speech” against migrants, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is being taken to court in the country. A €150m lawsuit recently filed by two German lawyers accuses Zuckerberg and Facebook of violating the country’s anti-Nazi and anti-hate speech laws.
A young girl walked into a German railway station on Friday and near fatally stabbed the first officer who approached her, and now it has been revealed she is a devotee of the Islamic State. A 15-year-old Moroccan (pictured) was arrested
North African teens and young men game the German system and pose with wads of cash received from German authorities and drug dealing on social media. The young men are part of a growing culture of migrants who love ‘gangsta’ rap
Senior members of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s party are calling for pork to be made mandatory in government-controlled canteens, following claims the food was being quietly removed from menus. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politicians from Germany’s northernmost federal state Schleswig-Holstein
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her government is unable to help Greece with the migrant crisis, remarking that times have moved on since she was able to help Hungary out with a similar problem in 2015. Last year when many
A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that her plan to stem mass migration from Turkey may backfire, and induce a “new, uncountable influx” of migrants from the Muslim world. In October last year, the European Union
After an interview of just a few minutes, two Pakistani refugees beamed as they may have finally found the key to integrating in their host country Germany – a job. “If all goes well, they can start in three months,”
Germany’s highest court will Tuesday hear a landmark request to ban a neo-Nazi fringe party, more than a decade after a first attempt failed. The case before the Federal Constitutional Court will argue that the far-right and anti-immigrant National Democratic
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
The Independent reports: He was gay, Jewish, and a high-profile German state prosecutor in 1960s West Germany. But it was his dogged determination to bring Hitler’s henchmen to justice that meant Fritz Bauer was ostracised by politicians, feared denunciation as
ATHENS (Reuters) – European Union countries must work together to deal with the migrant crisis troubling the bloc and avoid blaming each other, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Greek daily Ta Nea in an interview on Monday. EU members
Germany’s leading Social Democrats on Sunday attacked the conservative finance minister for being too thrifty in dealing with the migrant crisis, as the rift widened in the governing coalition over how to cope with an influx of refugees. The bitter
Germany’s federal and state governments have budgeted 10 million euros to help failed migrants return to their homelands, although the real cost may be far higher. Authorities have had a programme in place for years to give money to rejected
Germany should accept half of all the migrants that enter the European Union, a left wing mayor has said. Boris Palmer, mayor of the city of Tübingen and member of the German Green Party, said that if other EU member
One of the heads of the agency that runs Berlin’s migrant centres has been arrested on charges of corruption. The unnamed official, who works for the infamous LaGeSo agency, is charged with taking bribes from security companies who provide services
A woman who fled from Iran 29 years ago has been labelled a “Nazi” by leftists after she condemned the migrant crime in Cologne on New Year’s Eve. Emitis Pohl fled state persecution from the Iranian government and has become
Mark Zuckerberg praised Germany for their “inspiring” refugee policies during a visit to the country and reiterated his commitment to combating “hate speech” on Facebook.
Contents: Greece facing humanitarian crisis with thousands of refugees on Macedonia border; Tsipras: ‘Greece will not become a warehouse for souls’; Greece recalls ambassador to Austria as refugee crisis worsens
German authorities do not know the whereabouts of 130,000 migrants, the government confessed today. It means that more than one in ten unvetted new arrivals from the Middle East have disappeared, somewhere in Europe. Of the 1.1 million migrants who registered
A senior Tunisian police commander has been seconded to the Cologne force, commanding up to 100 German officers in a fight-back against immigrant criminals who have been terrorising the city. Police academy director Major Emir Gharbi, an expert in breaking pick-pocketing rings,
In 2015 the Europe migrant crisis was hailed as a great opportunity for German businesses to recruit highly skilled migrants fleeing war-zones, but a survey of Germany’s top companies has shown “barely any” of the officially-recognised refugees have actually been employed.
Two child migrants arrested in January after a 12-year-old girl was forced to perform sex acts with them are now thought to be adults at least 21 years of age. The two men who have not been named but are reported
Christian converts are being expelled from an asylum home in Berlin according to Junge Freiheit. Six Iranian Christians who were former Muslims themselves have fled the centre fearing for their safety and their lives. The incidents all occurred at a
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
Germany’s Minister of Family Affairs is asking for the sum of €100 million from the German government to tackle right wing extremism in the wake of the incidents in Clausnitz, Saxony that have made headlines across Germany. The request would
Contents: Macedonia closes borders to thousands of stranded Afghan migrants in Greece; Belgium closes border to France after announcement to close Calais ‘Jungle’; Refugee crisis becomes devastating for Europe
Tourism revenue is down in the city of Dresden and the local government blames the PEGIDA movement for scaring away potential visitors. The total number of overnight stays in the German city of Dresden have decreased in 2015 according to
The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo has slammed Europe for encouraging young people to duck military service by fleeing north, leaving behind an impoverished society. And he warned that the Western view of Syrian President Assad as a dictator is “propaganda,” accusing
Germany’s Federal government has announced it’s new “trojan horse” computer software which will allow it to spy on citizens computers and smartphones. The German Interior Ministry has formally announced that they have created a new “Bundestrojaner” or government trojan horse
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
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
Chanting “We are the people” is now hate speech according to an Austrian paper after residents of a small German town tried to block the passage of a bus full of migrants. “Wir sind das Volk!” is a very important
