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A French student who carried a knife to a nightclub was freed by judges after claiming he feared xenophobic attacks in a post-Brexit Britain.

In his new message for the World Day of Peace, Pope Francis has denounced those who question the wisdom of mass migration, accusing them of demagoguery and promoting xenophobia.

Pope Francis denounced “negative reactions” to the phenomenon of mass migration Saturday, suggesting that more formation of conscience is needed to combat an anti-immigration mentality.

Less than two weeks after Poland’s massive “Rosary at the Borders” event, Archbishop Wojciech Polak has warned the priests of his diocese that he will not hesitate to suspend anyone who takes part in anti-immigrant activities.

Pope Francis flew to Bologna, Italy, Sunday and met with a large group of migrants and refugees, calling them “warriors of hope” while insisting that nations open broader avenues for immigration.

Pope Francis has once again launched an appeal for greater acceptance of migrants and refugees, insisting that it is Jesus Christ who urges us to welcome them.

Pope Francis spoke out strongly Friday in favor of welcoming more migrants throughout Europe, telling his hearers to beware of the “intolerance, discrimination and xenophobia” that have sprung up around the continent.

Anti-Trump journalists and pundits are giving full vent to xenophobic rhetoric, as the Russia investigation heats up and President Donald Trump shows no sign of slowing down.

You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com’s word of the year is “xenophobia.”

Sen. Tim Kaine accused Donald Trump of “chumming around” with the the Klu-Klux-Klan, asserting that Hillary Clinton was merely talking about white supremacists when she referred to half of his supporters as a “basket of deplorables.”

San Francisco Bay Area public radio station KQED has published a comic book guide to Donald Trump’s immigration policy, aimed at students, which is titled “Fear of Foreigners” and casts Trump as part of the “History of Nativism in America.”

Will Smith unloaded on Donald Trump while promoting his upcoming film Suicide Squad, saying in an interview that supporters of the Republican presidential nominee are motivated primarily by fear and and have been stricken with a “collective insanity.”

Actors Chris Pine and Simon Pegg, stars of the upcoming film Star Trek Beyond, said the film is about different races and species of people welcoming their differences and coming together to solve problems — a quality they said is not shared by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

On Friday, HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher stated, ” “I hear a lot of talk today about xenophobia. And, is it really xenophobia if you have something to be afraid of?” And that false claims of Islamophobia give radical Muslims

The reported reasoning behind the British people’s vote to leave the European Union, sounds driven by “xenophobia,” according to MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin. Melvin offered his blunt judgement during an interview Friday with Christopher Dickey, an MSNBC contributor and world

The German Federal Police Union has claimed that the Islamic State is sending fighters through migrant channels in order to discredit all migrants. The German  police union came out on Friday saying that the Islamic state has enough money that

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in the midst of a tight election campaign, came under fire on Thursday for backing his immigration minister over claims resettling “illiterate and innumerate” migrants would strain the social safety network. Opposition

Hollywood actor George Clooney described Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as a “xenophobic fascist” during a recent interview.

The kind of political correctness that often infiltrates news stories in America is even more common in Germany where public broadcasting rarely criticizes the open-door immigration policies of the center-left government.

Academy Award-winning director Alejandro G. Inarritu says he feels sorry for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump—because Trump’s strong stance on illegal immigration stems “from ignorance.”

Japan’s demographic decline has grown so pronounced that large-scale immigration may be on the table, after generations of resistance.

On Sunday, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) hosted a panel discussion titled “Overcoming Xenophobia: Lessons from the Catholic, Mormon & Jewish Experiences.”

Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor and co-host of Bloomberg TV’s “With All Due Respect” John Heilemann argued, “Nationalism, populism, xenophobia” have “been ascendant in the Republican Party” on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” Heilemann said, during a discussion about GOP presidential candidate

It’s not every day that Mother Jones magazine publishes something asking progressives to take it down a notch, but that’s what author Kevin Drum did in a piece published Tuesday.

Contents: American politics becomes infused with anti-Muslim xenophobia; Paris attack significantly worsens Europe refugee crisis

MSNBC’s Victoria Defrancesco called GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s Obama Muslim question “premeditated” on Saturday’s “Up with Steve Kornacki.” She reasoned that Trump was trying to get fellow GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina “off the front page” and that Trump knew

Vice President Joe Biden attacked Republicans as xenophobic for opposing illegal immigration on Tuesday, likening them to the “Know-Nothing party back at the end of the nineteenth century.” However, the Know-Nothings were done by 1860.

Nigeria’s jihadist group Boko Haram is in Zimbabwe and could soon reach South Africa, reports the U.K. based news outlet ZimEye, citing Zimbabwe’s national intelligence agency.

The Nigerian Senate is contemplating bringing Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini to the International Criminal Court for remarks in which he called immigrants to South Africa “ants” and “head lice,” remarks believed to have triggered a growing wave of xenophobic violence in that country.

Boko Haram, the Islamist terrorist organization, has threatened to kill all South Africans in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region, according to media reports based on a video allegedly released by the group. The threat came as a response to a wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, in which ordinary South Africans, primarily blacks, have killed, maimed, abused and expelled other Africans throughout the country, killing seven thus far and displacing thousands.

The Malawian government decided to bring back all their citizens from South Africa due to escalating violence against foreigners.