LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) – The German captain of a ship with 40 migrants aboard has been arrested after she rammed her vessel into an Italian border police motorboat while docking at a tiny Mediterranean island Saturday in defiance of Italy’s anti-migrant interior minister.

Italy’s populist deputy prime minister and minister of the interior Matteo Salvini has proposed a border barrier to halt illegal immigration from the Balkans, similar to the one U.S. President Donald Trump wants along the Mexican-American frontier.

A survey from the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building, and Planning has shown that while young people are struggling to find homes, half of the local governments give new migrants priority.

More than half of the young people in the Arab world are looking to leave the area and migrate elsewhere, according to a survey by BBC Arabic and the Arab Barometer.

Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini cried victory Saturday morning after police arrested the captain of the migrant transporting vessel Sea-Watch 3 for disobeying military orders not to dock at a port in Lampedusa.

(AFP) — The Sea-Watch 3 charity ship carrying dozens of migrants picked up off Libya forced its way into the Italian port of Lampedusa on Friday night after a lengthy standoff, the charity said.

The ever more politically minded Lancet medical journal has taken a pause from bashing Italy’s populist government to criticize U.S. immigration policy in an appeal for open borders.

Populist Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini has sent two patrol vessels to stop a pair of ships with migrants on board from entering Italian national waters.

Thefts on the famous London Underground subway system have surged by more than 80 per cent since 2016/17, around the time Sadiq Khan became city major.

Democrat 2020 candidate Eric Swalwell argued during Thursday’s primary debate that President Donald Trump is attempting to erase migrants existence by “weaponizing the census.”

All ten Democrats on the debate stage turned the dial far to the left as they tried to one-up each other in their support for illegal immigration and open borders.

Former Vice President Joe Biden failed to keep his promise to a voter who asked him to visit the Homestead facility.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has cast doubt on Boris Johnson’s proposed points-based immigration system, with the Migration Watch UK think tank pointing out that it may be a ruse to increase the current influx.

The CEO of Western Union, the multinational corporation used by illegal aliens and legal immigrants to send remittances to their native countries, says the United States is “built on migrants” and predicts that globalization of the American economy will make a comeback.

Migration Watch UK has warned that it would be “irresponsible” and “damaging” to stop charging foreigners to use the National Health Service as it would result in a “huge inflow of health tourists”. On Tuesday, an overwhelming majority of delegates

Republican Senators have invited border-security officials to describe how cartels and employers exploit the mass of migrants who are allowing into the country by the nation’s catch-and-release rules. 

Trump defended the treatment of migrant children apprehended at the border. “They are much better than they were under President Obama by far,” Trump said.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Cyprus’ interior minister is accusing Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriots of helping to traffick migrants to the internationally recognized southern part of the ethnically split island nation.

The Europe and Migration Minister for Scotland’s SNP-led devolved government claims proposals for it to be given powers to set its own open borders immigration policy are “making traction” with the British government.

MADRID (AP) – Spain’s maritime rescue service says it picked up 290 migrants over the weekend while they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea in small boats unfit for open water.

A migrant suspected of raping and sexually abusing a much younger girl claims that he did not know it was illegal in Sweden because no-one had told him.

Italian populist interior minister Matteo Salvini is refusing to allow migrant ferry operator Sea-Watch from landing in Italy, accusing them directly of human trafficking.

Hispanic voters should take their fight against President Trump to the “streets,” Rep. Eric Swalwell suggested in a tweet Saturday.

MADRID (AP) – Spain’s maritime rescue service says over 100 migrants have been collected from three boats attempting to reach Europe from northern Africa.

CAIRO (AP) – Libya’s coast guard says it has intercepted Europe-bound vessels carrying nearly 200 migrants, including women, off the country’s Mediterranean coast.

While many migrant transport NGOs have ceased operations over the last few years, a report claims that millions of euros are still being spent by those operating in the Mediterranean.

GOP leaders in the Senate approved a $4.6 billion budget to fund an orderly Central American migration into the United States — even though the bill excludes any steps to reduce the crisis and also gives multiple pro-migration wins to Democrats.

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), one of the most prominent Jewish lawmakers on Capitol Hill, defended freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Wednesday as the self-avowed Democratic-socialist faces intense backlash for comparing migrant holding facilities to “concentration camps.” 

The British government has announced it will “resettle thousands more refugees starting from next year, and for years to come.”

Immigration officials will try next week to repatriate several hundred illegal immigrants who have recently been ordered home by judges, via a “humane, dignified” process.