Government & Politics – Page 12

German Cabinet approves stricter asylum measures The German government has proposed several new measures as it pushes on with plans to further curb irregular migration. This comes despite a legal setback this week when a court ruled pushbacks at the border unlawful.

June 4, 2025 Timothy Jones

(Deutsche Welle) The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved several measures to tighten Germany’s asylum laws, including a plan to make it easier to determine “safe countries of origin” and thus to deport rejected asylum-seekers. This comes after another policy put in place […]

Nigel Farage says face coverings ‘don’t make sense’ as he wades in on burka row The Reform UK leader suggested face coverings in public should not be allowed as he called for a debate on the matter

June 4, 2025 Ben Chapman

(GB News) Sarah Pochin’s call for the burka to be banned is an important one and deserves to be debated, Nigel Farage has said on GB News. The Reform UK leader spoke in response to his MP’s first ever Prime Minister’s Questions […]

Pushes in both houses of Congress to designate Muslim Brotherhood as terror group The Hamas-linked group 'used the Biden administration to consolidate and deepen their influence,' wrote Sen. Ted Cruz.

June 4, 2025 Mike Wagenheim

(JNS) Members of both houses of Congress are pushing for the Muslim Brotherhood to be designated as a terror organization after an Egyptian man yelled antisemitic things while attacking Jews in Boulder, Colo., with what the FBI described as a “makeshift flamethrower” […]

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin demands Keir Starmer ‘ban the burqa’ in first PMQs question The Reform UK representative quizzed the prime minister during Prime Minister's Questions

June 4, 2025 Georgia Pearce

(GB News) Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “ban the burqa” in the “interest of public safety.” Addressing the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions, the representative for Runcorn and Helsby questioned the […]

Now Belgium is waking up to Muslim Brotherhood threat Islamist infiltration is being 'grossly understated' by official reports.

June 4, 2025 Michael Curzon

(European Conservative) Five municipalities are reportedly “under the control” of the Muslim Brotherhood in Brussels, where an official this week stressed “we must remain extremely vigilant” about Islamist infiltration. About a fortnight after the French government broke its silence on ongoing efforts […]

Tom Homan ‘convinced’ US will see major terror attack because of Biden’s lax border policies: ‘It’s coming’

June 3, 2025 Victor Nava

(NY Post) Border czar Tom Homan warned Monday that he’s “convinced” the US will suffer a major terrorist attack as a direct result of former President Joe Biden’s immigration and border policies. “It’s coming,” Homan said of the possibility of a 9/11-style […]

George Orwell’s magazine taken over by founder of Muslim TV channel A Labour MP has welcomed the takeover

June 3, 2025 Lewis Henderson

(GB News) Tribune magazine, the historic Labour publication where George Orwell once served as literary editor, has been acquired by Mohamed Ali Harrath, founder of the Islam Channel. The takeover sees the 1937-founded magazine, which has traditionally been a key publication for the […]

Family of Boulder firebombing suspect taken into federal custody, visas revoked: sources Mohamed Sabry Soliman’s wife and five children are in federal custody, sources confirm

June 3, 2025 Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Bill Melugin

(Fox) The family of a Boulder, Colorado, firebombing suspect is in federal custody and their visas have been revoked, sources confirm to Fox News. According to senior sources within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the […]

Far-right PVV pulls out of Dutch coalition over asylum plans

June 3, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday morning after Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right PVV, stepped out of the coalition after failing to have his own way over asylum. “No signature for our asylum plans, no changes to the main […]

Germany’s Merz says court ruling will not stop migration crackdown

June 3, 2025 Friederike Heine and Matthias Williams

(Reuters) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that a court ruling against the expulsion by border police of three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government’s migration crackdown but would not stop it. People would continue to be turned away at […]

Minister lacked details about CSIS operation linked to asset who reportedly smuggled teens CSIS human sources have 'occasionally been involved in unlawful activities': report

June 3, 2025 Ashley Burke

(CBC) A federal watchdog agency found a breakdown of ministerial accountability after reviewing a clandestine operation abroad connected to claims a CSIS operative smuggled teenage girls into Syria to join ISIS. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) released a heavily […]

Congress nears move to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization Momentum for the policy grew in the wake of Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East

June 3, 2025 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Momentum has built for the U.S. government to formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in the weeks since President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip, lawmakers and other sources familiar with the effort tell the Washington Free Beacon. […]

Wilders: PVV will quit cabinet unless it agrees to asylum plan

June 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Geert Wilders has ratcheted up his threat to bring down the government over asylum, warning that his PVV party will leave the coalition unless the other parties adopt six of the 10 points in his latest plan for stricter immigration […]

Muslim activists helped give Trump the White House — so far, they don’t regret it

June 2, 2025 Reagan Reese

(Daily Caller) With weeks left in the 2024 election, Muslim Americans barnstormed mosques and community centers across Michigan with the purpose of preventing Vice President Kamala Harris — and the Democratic Party — from getting into the White House. They succeeded, and […]

Slow to condemn Colorado attack, Reps. Omar and Tlaib are branded ‘Muslim terrorists’ by fellow lawmaker

June 2, 2025 Virginia Allen

(Daily Signal) The morning after an attack on a group of people in Colorado demonstrating in support of freeing the hostages held in Gaza, Democrat Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both of whom are Muslims, had yet to […]

Trump blames Biden border policies for Boulder attack

June 2, 2025 Alex Gangitano

(Hill) President Trump on Monday blamed the antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colo., a day earlier on former President Biden’s border policies, calling the incident that injured several people an example of the need for secure borders. A man used a “makeshift flamethrower” […]

Germany’s migration crackdown in limbo as court backs asylum seekers

June 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) In a legal setback for the German government, a Berlin court ruled on Monday that rejecting asylum seekers at border checks within German territory — without first initiating proper asylum procedures — is unlawful. The urgent decision by the Berlin Administrative […]

Palestine activists convicted of harassing minister

June 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Two women have been convicted of harassing a government minister. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard that justice minister and Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones was “terrified” after being confronted by two pro-Palestine activists while campaigning. Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring found Ayeshah Behit, […]

Belgian watchdog checking Telegram for EU anti-terror compliance The regulator received more than 450 injunctions issued against Telegram.

June 2, 2025 Cynthia Kroet

(Euronews) Messaging app Telegram is being scrutinised by the Belgian telecoms regulator to check whether the platform complies with EU rules combating terrorist content online. The Belgian Institute of Post and Telecommunications (BIPT) said in its annual report published last week that […]

Boulder attack suspect lives in US illegally, White House says

June 1, 2025 Sarah Fortinsky

(Hill) The White House said late Sunday that the suspect arrested in connection to the attack in Boulder, Colo., is an “illegal alien” who overstayed his visa. “A terror attack was committed in Boulder, Colorado by an illegal alien,” Stephen Miller, White […]

‘Clan culture’ warning: Tory MP fears first-cousin marriages undermine integration and enable grooming gang cover-ups Richard Holden says first-cousin marriages are having a knock-on impact on society

May 31, 2025 Ben Chapman

(GB News) Tory MP Richard Holden has called for a ban on first-cousin marriages, warning that such unions create a “clan culture” that undermines integration and enables grooming gang cover-ups. Speaking on GB News, Holden argued that the practice traps communities and […]

Paedophile prisoners converting to Islam for ‘protection by Muslim gangs,’ new report suggests Former prison governor Ian Acheson spoke to GB News about sex criminals who are avoiding isolation from their peers by converting to Islam

May 31, 2025 Nicholas Dunning

(GB News) Paedophile prisoners are converting to Islam to receive protection from Islamist gangs, a new report into the state of Britain’s prisons has revealed. Giving rise to fears of Islamist radicalisation taking place in Britain’s jails, former prison governor Ian Acheson […]

Prison officers should be armed with lethal weapons to crack down on Islamist terrorists, Tories say Highly trained teams should also be equipped with tasers, stun grenades and baton rounds in order to tackle dangerous criminals in high-security jails, Robert Jenrick said.

May 31, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) Prison officers should be armed with lethal weapons to crack down on Islamist terrorists in jail, the shadow justice secretary has said. Highly trained teams should also be equipped with tasers, stun grenades and baton rounds to tackle dangerous criminals […]

Greece threatens rejected asylum seekers with jail under tougher new migration policy

May 30, 2025 Derek Gatopoulos

(AP) Greece will end mass legalization programs for migrants and jail those awaiting deportation under tougher policies set to take effect this summer, Migration Minister Makis Voridis said Friday. Migrants with rejected asylum claims will face a minimum of two years in […]

State Department plans to close office that aids Afghan refugees

May 29, 2025 Hadriana Lowenkron

(Bloomberg) The US State Department has notified Congress that it will shut down the office that helped resettle Afghan refugees who assisted the American war effort, provoking an outcry from nonprofit groups that helped evacuate people when the Taliban retook control of […]

Qatar under Israeli attack for supporting radical Islam at CPAC conference in Hungary Chikli referred to the financing that radical Islamic organizations tied to the Brotherhood are getting from EU institutions and declared: 'Europe is financing its own death.'

May 29, 2025 Eldad Beck

(Jerusalem Post) Israeli speakers participating in the fourth CPAC conference in the Hungarian capital, gathering leaders of patriotic and sovereigntist parties from Europe and the Americas, harshly attacked Qatar for its massive support of spreading radical Islam in the West and intentionally […]

It started as an idea for a Muslim community. It’s now the center of Texas’ toughest political fight

May 29, 2025 Penelope Rivera

(KERA) When Erin Ragsdale stood in front of Collin County commissioners during a meeting in March, she was excited to talk about a new project geared towards supporting the growing Muslim community in North Texas. EPIC City — a proposed development from […]

‘Tribal instinct’ is making groups ‘protect their own’ in grooming gangs, Kemi Badenoch claims The Conservative leader spoke exclusively to GB News about the issue

May 29, 2025 Charlie Peters

(GB News) A “tribal instinct” is making racial and religious groups “protect their own” in grooming gangs, Kemi Badenoch has told GB News. In an exclusive interview after the Tory leader met with Bradford abuse victim Fiona Goddard, Badenoch said that Britain […]

Cyprus offers Syrian families money to resettle and work permits for main earners

May 29, 2025 Menelaos Hadjicostis

(AP) Cyprus will offer Syrian families money to help them resettle back in their homeland and allow the main income earners to remain on the island nation for up to three years to work as part of a voluntary repatriation program, a […]

Christian woman who fled Islamic persecution overturns asylum decision despite Home Office ‘bias’ Expert accuses asylum assessor of misrepresenting persecution of Christians

May 28, 2025 Charlie Peters

(GB News) A Christian woman who fled Islamic persecution to seek asylum in the UK won the legal right to remain in the country after facing “bias” from the Home Office. Maria, not her real name, a Christian from a Muslim-majority country, […]

Greece drafts tougher law for rejected asylum seekers, PM says

May 28, 2025 Angeliki Koutantou

(Reuters) Greece has prepared legislation that will introduce tougher penalties for rejected asylum seekers and speed up returns to their home countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. The Mediterranean nation was on the frontline of a 2015-2016 migration crisis when […]

German government restricts migrant family reunification, path to citizenship

May 28, 2025 Markus Wacket

(Reuters) Germany’s government approved measures to restrict family reunification for migrants and delay citizenship access on Wednesday, forging ahead with a major shift in migration policy under conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The cabinet agreed to a two-year suspension of the right for […]

Judge says US effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil on foreign policy grounds is likely unconstitutional

May 28, 2025 Jake Offenhartz

(AP) A federal judge said the Trump administration’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil because of his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University likely violates the Constitution. In a lengthy order issued Wednesday, Judge Michael Farbiarz wrote the government’s primary justification for removing Khalil […]

How Hamtramck, a small town within Detroit, became America’s first Muslim-majority city In a short span of time, immigrants flooded this blue-collar town. And things would never be the same.

May 27, 2025 John Carlisle

(Detroit Free Press) In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful, the man reached up and pulled away a scarlet cloth, revealing unto the people a sign. It was a cold day, late in winter. Maybe a hundred people […]

Farage defends Reform advert after racism claims

May 27, 2025 James Delaney

(BBC) Nigel Farage has defended a controversial Reform UK advert about Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Both Labour and First Minister John Swinney have described the online video — posted ahead of a Holyrood by-election — as “blatantly racist.” At a press […]

French PM blasts predecessor’s proposal to ban headscarves for most children Gabriel Attal, who now heads the French president’s centrist political party, floated banning headscarves for women younger than 15.

May 27, 2025 Victor Goury-Laffont

(Politico) French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday delivered a scathing critique of his predecessor and centrist ally Gabriel Attal’s proposal to ban Muslim headscarves for minors under 15. Attal, the leader of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance political party, publicly floated the […]

Macron warns of ‘conspiratorial or paranoid’ claims about Muslim Brotherhood infiltration in Europe

May 27, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) French President Emmanuel Macron has attempted to downplay the significance of the explosive report from his own government detailing the infiltration of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood in France and throughout Europe, warning against the spread of so-called conspiracy theories. Last week, […]

Italy sends another group of 26 rejected migrants to Albania

May 27, 2025 Llazar Semini

(AP) Italian authorities said Tuesday they have transferred a group of 26 rejected migrants to Italian-run detention centers in Albania. The Italian navy ship Spica left the Italian port of Brindisi on Tuesday and docked in the Albanian port of Shengjin, about […]

Swinney accuses Reform of racism over Sarwar advert

May 26, 2025 Unlisted Author

(BBC) First Minister John Swinney has accused Reform UK of a “racist attack” on Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Both the SNP and Labour have complained to Facebook’s parent company Meta about a Reform advert running on the site ahead of a […]

Islamist entrism in France: Bruno Retailleau urges prefectures to show ‘determination’

May 26, 2025 Ghita Zine

(Yabiladi) French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau reiterated on Monday in Nanterre the existing measures to combat religious radicalization, urging prefectures to show “determination.” Following a controversial report on the Muslim Brotherhood last week, President Emmanuel Macron is expecting “new proposals” from Matignon. […]

Germany: Solingen knife attack trial set to begin The trial of a Syrian man accused of killing three people in a knife attack in the western city of Solingen last August has brought Germany's asylum policies and security loopholes into focus.

May 26, 2025 Ralf Bosen

(Deutsche Welle) The man accused of a mass stabbing at a festival in the western German city of Solingen is due to face court in the North Rhine-Westphalia capital of Dusseldorf. Federal prosecutors have charged Syrian Issa Al H. with three counts […]

Wilders: PVV will quit unless cabinet delivers on immigration

May 26, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Geert Wilders has threatened to pull his far-right PVV party out of the Dutch government unless the cabinet drastically steps up measures to cut asylum within weeks. Wilders called on the four coalition parties to renegotiate the deal that they […]

Israel raises alert for travellers to Canada, warning of ‘increased threat’

May 25, 2025 Sean Boynton

(Global News) Israel raised its travel alert for Canada to a “potential threat level” on Sunday, warning of “an increased threat by terrorists against Israelis and Jews in Canada.” The warning issued by Israel’s National Security Council came on the same day […]

Austrian leader pushes EU asylum overhaul under far-right pressure The bloc’s asylum laws 'no longer correspond to their original intention,' Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker says in FT interview.

May 25, 2025 Lola Boom

(Politico) Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker is calling for an overhaul of EU asylum rules as his government faces mounting pressure from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), which topped last year’s parliamentary elections. Stocker, leader of the center-right People’s Party (ÖVP), said in […]

Terrorist risk in Spain: Morocco has pardoned 66 jihadists in recent years Pardons and the control of migration routes from the origin provide Mohammed VI with a tool of pressure

May 24, 2025 Unlisted Author

(E-Notícies) In recent years, Morocco has implemented a policy of mass pardons that has freed tens of thousands of prisoners, including a significant group of those convicted of terrorism. This practice has raised concern in Spain, which sees a potential increase in […]

Ripoll City Council temporarily closes a Maghrebi bar accused of banning women During an inspection, several serious violations were detected and two illegal immigrants were identified. Sílvia Orriols's municipal government has sealed the establishment

May 24, 2025 Arnau Borràs

(E-Notícies) The Ripoll City Council, a town governed by Sílvia Orriols (Aliança Catalana), has temporarily closed a Maghrebi café in the municipality accused of banning women from entering. According to E-Notícies, it all started from a police inspection last Tuesday, during which […]

Council of Europe hits back at EU leaders calling to ease migrant expulsions Secretary-General Alain Berset warned that courts must not be 'weaponized' for political gain.

May 24, 2025 Louise Guillot

(Politico) The head of the Council of Europe on Saturday pushed back against a call by nine EU countries to make it easier to expel migrants who commit crime. COE Secretary-General Alain Berset warned that courts must not be “weaponized” for political […]

Police ordered ‘not to enforce D.C. law against anti-Israel protesters,’ rabbi alleges Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld — whom pro-Hamas activists assaulted last year — wrote to the Department of Justice to note D.C.'s permissive attitude toward anti-Semitic harassment and violence in light of Wednesday's terror attack

May 23, 2025 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A rabbi whom pro-Hamas activists assaulted last year urged the Department of Justice on Thursday to investigate Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), alleging that officers have been ordered “not to enforce D.C. law against anti-Israel protesters.” Anti-Israel activists assaulted […]

Sweden lowers terrorist threat assessment back to level before 2023 Koran burnings

May 23, 2025 Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander

(Reuters) Sweden’s SAPO security service lowered its national terrorist threat warning on Friday back to the “elevated” level assessed before 2023, when it was raised in the wake of a spate of Koran burnings. SAPO had raised the threat level to “high,” […]

Catalan parliament rejects far-right motion on ban on Islamic veil Pro-independence Junts defends the ban in some cases but voted against text saying 'nothing is built from hatred'

May 22, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Catalan News) The Catalan parliament has rejected a motion by far-right pro-independence party Aliança Catalana for a ban on the different forms of Islamic veil in public spaces. The text only received the support of the conservative People’s Party and far-right Vox, […]