(AP) Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday that Germany will have to do a better job at clamping down on “irregular migration” and deporting those who don’t legally reside in the country. Scholz said that Germany, however, would continue to provide protection for […]
(Reuters) Austria’s domestic intelligence service has narrowed down primarily to Syria-related locations the threat of an Islamist attack in Vienna that was made public on Wednesday, the city’s police said on Thursday. The police took the unusual step on Wednesday of warning […]
(Anadolu) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken marked the first International Day to Combat Islamophobia on Wednesday, saying each person has the freedom to manifest their beliefs. “Every person, everywhere has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and belief, including […]
(AP) The European Union on Tuesday urged its member countries to deport more people who enter Europe without authorization and who are not eligible to stay, saying that only around one in five would-be migrants who should be sent home actually is. […]
(CBC) One of Canada’s intelligence review bodies has launched an investigation into the Canada Revenue Agency’s work on charities in response to allegations of bias and Islamophobia. On Tuesday, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) — the watchdog set up to monitor the activities […]
(AP) Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a lawmaker from Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party said Sunday, but a U.N. migration official called the number not credible. Tommaso Foti, […]
(BBC) A former suspect in the Manchester Arena bombing had his British citizenship revoked and then returned after MI5 changed its view of his role in the attack, the BBC can reveal. Mohammed Soliman, 26, was arrested in Libya after being stripped […]
(BBC) The UK will give France almost £500m over three years to help stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. The cash was announced at a summit in Paris between UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Emmanuel Macron, who said […]
(AP) Europe continued its decade-old struggle Thursday to devise a migration system that would both better protect its extensive borders and avoid tragedies like last month’s shipwreck off Italy, which killed at least 70 migrants. Interior ministers from the European Union’s 27 […]
(BBC) The charity watchdog has opened a probe into a mosque that was criticised by the Manchester Arena bomb inquiry. Didsbury Mosque in south Manchester had been attended by the suicide bomber Salman Abedi and his family. The public inquiry into the […]
(Politico) The European Union warned Britain its crackdown on Channel migrant crossings violates international law — as the U.K. urged it to read the details. In an interview with POLITICO in Brussels, European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said she had spoken […]
(AFP) France and Britain are working on a new deal to thwart migrants crossing the Channel, which could be agreed at a summit between leaders Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak later this week, a French official said Wednesday. Macron is set to […]
(BBC) Most of London’s anti-terrorism referrals are for “Islamist activity,” bucking a national trend, London’s Police and Crime Committee has heard. Latest figures from Prevent show there were more than three times the number of referrals compared to right-wing extremism, the meeting […]
(ITV) A long-awaited plan to “stop the boats” has finally been unveiled, with Home Secretary Suella Braverman announcing the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament. The new law will force detention on virtually everyone who enters the UK illegally and make it impossible […]
(BBC) A new law set to go before Parliament later will introduce new measures aimed at removing migrants entering the UK on small boats. The Illegal Migration Bill is set to prevent those arriving illegally from claiming asylum, and will block them […]
(BBC) MI5’s apology for not preventing the Manchester Arena attack is not “enough,” MPs have heard. The head of the security agency said on Thursday it was “profoundly sorry” that it did not thwart the suicide bombing in 2017 which killed 22 […]
(Breitbart) Populist French Senator Stéphane Ravier faces a criminal trial after publishing a tweet in January of last year in which he stated that “immigration kills the youth of France.” Ravier, a former member of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) who joined […]
(Sky News) The father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing intends to sue MI5. Eight-year-old Saffie Roussos was one of the 22 people killed in the attack by suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, in May 2017. Now her father, […]
(National-UAE) New measures to curtail the number of migrant boats sailing across the English Channel to land asylum seekers in the UK are being urgently considered. Legislation promised as part of the UK government’s efforts to tackle illegal migration could come as […]
(AFP) Under-fire Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday rejected any responsibility of her government for a devastating shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast last weekend which left at least 69 people dead. “The situation is as simple as it is tragic: We […]
(AP) Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five European Union countries on the Mediterranean Sea pushed back Saturday against their northern neighbors for not accepting asylum-seekers under a voluntary relocation initiative. The ministers responsible for migration policy […]
(Sky News) Reports of death threats against West Yorkshire school pupils who allegedly damaged a copy of the Koran are alarming, the home secretary has said. Suella Braverman has spoken of her “deep concern” over the case and said it raises broader […]
(Politico) Belgium’s highest court on Friday overturned a freeze on a controversial treaty on prisoner exchanges that could allow an Iranian diplomat convicted of terrorism to be sent back to Tehran. The treaty would allow Iranians convicted in Belgium to serve their […]
(BBC) Death threats sent to pupils who damaged a copy of the Quran at a school have been condemned by an education minister as “totally unacceptable.” West Yorkshire Police said officers had spoken to a child alleged to have made threats and […]
(Free Beacon) The ticketing giant hated by Taylor Swift fans and everyone else who has ever tried to buy concert tickets is now under fire from Jewish activists for selling tickets to a Louis Farrakhan event in which the minister defended Adolf […]
(Detroit Free Press) Hamtramck city council this week approved a proclamation expressing support for Palestinians and opposing military aid to “all repressive governments.” The proclamation did not mention Israel, but appeared to criticize the country, drawing criticism from some residents and support […]
(BBC) The head of MI5 said he was “profoundly sorry” the security service did not prevent the Manchester Arena attack. A public inquiry found MI5 missed a significant chance to take action that might have stopped the 2017 bombing. Chairman Sir John […]
(ITV) There was a “significant missed opportunity to take action” which could have prevented the Manchester Arena terror attack, a report has found. Failures to obtain “actionable intelligence” on bomber Salman Abedi meant he was able to build a “devastatingly destructive” device […]
(Arab News) Political correctness in the UK had created a “blind spot” in its national security regarding Islamist extremism, the British home secretary said on Wednesday. Suella Braverman also said not enough had been done to clamp down on a “highly coordinated” […]
(Politico) The EU could be at risk of breaching global trade rules — if it pushes ahead with a controversial plan to link trade benefits to resettling migrants. That’s the verdict of a former World Trade Organization lawyer, as the European institutions […]
(Local) The government will not back a motion from the Danish People’s Party (DF) to ban pupils and staff from wearing hijabs in elementary schools, according to the minister for immigration and integration. The government on Tuesday hit back a proposal from […]
(AP) Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the sea on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from Italy’s latest migration tragedy to 65, as prosecutors identified suspected smugglers who allegedly charged 8,000 euros (nearly $8,500) for each person making the “voyage of death” […]
(Sky News) Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has reassured Australians that national security is of utmost importance while being quizzed about the potential release of Abdul Nacer Benbrika. The infamous domestic terrorist’s future is up in the air, with a detention order […]
(BBC) A Muslim preacher who was close to the Manchester bomber had been suspected by MI5 of radicalising people more than a decade earlier, the BBC can reveal. A public inquiry into the atrocity will this week report on how Salman Abedi […]
(National-UAE) Shamima Begum and other women who joined ISIS should be allowed to return to Britain to face justice, according to the UK’s independent reviewer of anti-terror legislation. Jonathan Hall KC said British women or those who are former citizens should be […]
(AP) A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart before dawn Sunday off the Italian coast, authorities said. Rescuers recovered nearly 60 bodies, and dozens more people were missing in the rough waters. Officials feared the death […]
(Sky News) One of three candidates vying to take over from Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP says his absence from a key vote on gay marriage is being “dragged up” for political reasons. Humza Yousaf told Sky News that his […]
(Breitbart) Leftist Humza Yousaf, frontrunner to become Scotland’s new first minister, allegedly caved to “pressure” from a mosque to skip a vote on same-sex marriage — but he has faced little scrutiny of his religious views compared to Christian rival Kate Forbes. […]
(AFP) Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue vessel run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for allegedly breaking new government rules on life-saving missions in the Mediterranean, the charity said Friday. The Geo Barents ship was impounded late Thursday for 20 days […]
(BBC) SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf has defended his decision to miss the final vote on Scotland’s equal marriage legislation. Former minister Alex [Neil] said Mr Yousaf arranged a meeting in February 2014 as cover. But the health secretary said he had […]
(Radio France) Two bi-nationals convicted of planning terrorist attacks in France have been stripped of their French nationality, a rare decision by the state. A Franco-Moroccan man and a Franco-Turkish woman have been stripped of their nationalities, according to notices published in […]
(AFP) Fifteen EU states on the migration front line on Friday called for stronger borders and agreements to be struck with third-party countries to accept migrants. “It is worthwhile exploring the possibility of, and where relevant legally enabling, safe third-country arrangements with […]
(Reuters) Italy’s parliament on Thursday passed into law a government decree establishing a code of conduct for migrant charity ships, despite criticism from the United Nations and humanitarian groups that it will imperil lives. The new set of rules is part of […]
(Expats.cz) President Miloš Zeman signed a bill against spreading terrorist content online into law yesterday, the Presidential Office reported. Under the new law, the police will be able to order Czech and European internet service providers (ISPs) to block terrorist content, such […]
(Middle East Eye) Labour leader Keir Starmer on Thursday said he supported a court ruling dismissing an appeal by Shamima Begum challenging the UK government over the removal of her British citizenship. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) on Wednesday rejected Begum’s […]
(National-UAE) The Home Office plans to fast-track thousands of asylum cases from a handful of countries, including Syria and Yemen, as the backlog of people waiting for an initial decision climbs to almost 161,000. About 12,000 asylum seekers from nations that have […]
(Courthouse News) The Supreme Court spent nearly three hours Wednesday on the question of whether the ability of the Islamic State group to post on Twitter amounts to aiding and abetting. Spending most of the arguments waffling through various hypotheticals, the justices […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship despite a “credible” case she was trafficked. Mr Justice Jay told the semi-secret court dealing with her case that her appeal had been fully dismissed. The […]
(Arab News) Scotland’s Health Minister Humza Yousaf has emerged as a front-runner in the contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the Scottish National Party and the country’s first minister. Sturgeon, 52, shocked many in British politics last week when she […]
(AP) In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter in a […]
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