(Breitbart) The former vice-president of a group linked to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is forming a political party in Vienna to counter “xenophobia” and to specifically give a voice to migrants. The new migrant party, which so far has no name, is […]
(AFP) Spain sent 55 migrants back to Morocco on Monday a day after they forced their way into the Spanish territory of Melilla during an assault on the border in which two migrants died and 19 were injured. A total of 208 […]
(Deutsche Welle) Thousands of people turned out on Sunday in the eastern German city of Dresden in defiance of a fourth-anniversary rally by the anti-immigrant PEGIDA movement. The far-right group’s march through the city took place at the same time and attracted […]
(ANSA) A 37-year-old Tunisian expelled in February who returned on a migrant boat and was intercepted on October 8 was deported for terror reasons Friday, the interior ministry said. He was deported because he is considered a “danger to state security,” the […]
(AFP) The artisan shops in Riace’s historic centre are shuttered and its alleyways quiet as locals wait to see what will happen to Italy’s world-renowned model of migrant integration. The mayor of the hilltop hamlet in Calabria was hounded out of town […]
(AP) European Union leaders agreed Thursday to pursue the cooperation of countries in North Africa and to beef up the bloc’s external borders to stop large numbers of migrants from entering Europe. A statement from an EU summit in Brussels where the […]
(Reuters) The head of the European Parliament said on Thursday EU countries who refuse to host refugees could instead pay more for EU migration and development projects in Africa, signaling possible compromise to end a bruising dispute in the bloc. The migration […]
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(AP) A Minnesota Democratic candidate for Congress who is poised to become the first Somali-American elected to the U.S. House has denounced claims that she married her brother and committed immigration fraud as “disgusting lies,” and says allegations of campaign finance violations […]
(Reuters) Italy’s far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini branded France an “international disgrace” on Tuesday for having driven two migrants across its border and dumping them in Italy. Tensions between the neighbors have risen as Rome has accused Paris of hypocrisy by […]
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(Religion News) A small group of German Jews has launched a lobby group within the far-right Alternative for Germany party, prompting a swift rejection from the country’s established Jewish organizations and accusations that the move was an anti-Muslim ploy. The founding of […]
(Local) A crowdfunding campaign has raised €60,000 to help pay for school lunches for pupils in the northern Italian city of Lodi, where the mayor recently moved to make it difficult for the children of foreign parents to qualify for subsidised meals. […]
(AFP) Anger in Italy grew Sunday over an interior ministry order to transfer all migrants out of a town at the centre of a national debate on the integration of asylum-seekers. The ministry has said all migrants must leave the Calabrian town […]
(AFP) Italy’s interior ministry ordered Saturday that all migrants be transferred out of a tiny southern town that had welcomed them but which triggered a national debate on integration after its mayor was arrested. Domenico Lucano, the left-leaning mayor of Riace, made […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Interior Ministry announced on Friday that it will extend migration controls at borders with Austria and Denmark, which were reintroduced in several parts of the normally passport-free Schengen area after the European migrant crisis of 2015. The extension is […]
(Deutsche Welle) The number of refugees under the age of 14 who are missing in Germany has increased in recent months, despite a drop in the total number of refugee arrivals, according to the German Child Welfare Association. The number increased from […]
(Reuters) Omar Alnifawi was 16 when he fled Syria’s civil war with his family. After four years working menial jobs in Lebanon to help pay for their journey on to Europe, he had given up on ever going back to school. Six […]
(Reuters) Germany’s federal government agreed on Wednesday to distribute 6.85 billion euros ($7.87 billion) to its regions next year to help them cover the costs of housing and integrating migrants, a government source told Reuters. Germany is trying to integrate over a […]
(St. Cloud Times) State Rep. Ilhan Omar said she was tormented in sixth grade after she first moved to Minnesota knowing only the words “hello” and “shut up.” She’d cry to her parents, Omar told a group of about 75 people in St. Cloud […]
(Reuters) Austria may follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations agreement on migration, its government said on Wednesday, citing concern about its sovereignty and potential restrictions on its freedom to act. The Global Compact for Safe, […]
(ANSA) A burqa ban is set to come into force later this week at Trino near Vercelli. Burqa wearers will be fined 500 euros, said migrants municipal pointman Roberto Rosso. “The ordinance is aimed at the two or three women in Trino […]
(AP) Several hundred asylum-seekers camped outside a police station Monday in northern Greece, lining up to be arrested and formally processed as a surge in illegal migration overwhelmed authorities in the region. After sleeping on benches and patches of grass in a […]
(AFP) French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe urged far-right Italian leader Matteo Salvini on Monday to drop his “posturing” on immigration and help find a European response to the issue. Salvini, Italy’s powerful interior minister and deputy premier, has singled out French President […]
(AFP) Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini threatened Sunday to shut the country’s airports after media reported that Germany planned to send charter flights of rejected asylum-seekers to Italy. “If someone in Berlin or Brussels thinks of dropping dozens of migrants via […]
(Canadian Press) A diverse crowd of protesters took to the streets of Montreal on Sunday to march against racism and denounce the newly elected Coalition Avenir Quebec government. Muslim families pushing strollers, Indigenous community leaders, masked anti-capitalist activists and members of some 50 community […]
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(Local) Denmark’s minister for immigration and integration Inger Støjberg was in Vienna on Thursday as the two countries presented their plan for reforms to the EU’s asylum system. Austria and Denmark plan to launch a pilot project establishing a deportation centre based […]
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(CBC) Newcomers to Quebec and their advocates say the premier-designate is taking the wrong approach to integrating immigrants, after François Legault said he will proceed next year with Coalition Avenir Québec’s plan to cut immigration levels by 20 per cent. At his first news conference as incoming premier, Legault confirmed […]
(Politico) Morocco’s foreign minister threw cold water on an EU plan to build offshore centers to process migrants in North Africa, saying claims of a migration “crisis” are overblown. “Morocco is generally opposed to all kinds of centers,” Nasser Bourita told German […]
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(CBC) Quebec’s premier-designate says he is prepared to invoke the notwithstanding clause to enforce a prohibition on any public employee from wearing a religious symbol such as a hijab or kippa in the workplace. François Legault would also move swiftly to reduce […]
(Reuters) The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised to humiliate Chancellor Angela Merkel’s allies in an Oct. 14 vote for Germany’s most influential regional government, an election that could have far-reaching implications for national politics. With blunt anti-Islamic rhetoric and attacks […]
(Local) The government has allocated 140 million kroner over the next four years to programmes aimed at increasing employment levels amongst women who have migrated to Denmark. The aim of the investment is to bring more women from non-Western countries onto the […]
(Gatestone) Are you in a European country illegally, flouting your deportation requirement and instead committing arson? No problem. If the country to which you are to be returned might conceivably harm you (details unspecified), you are welcome instead to stay in Sweden, […]
(Copenhagen Post) For a number of years, Denmark habitually took in around 500 so-called quota refugees per year. However, in 2016 and 2017 none were accepted, and through a controversial law passed by a parliamentary majority last year this decision was reinforced […]
(Yahoo Finance) The European Parliament is under pressure to scrap part of its new election campaign after being accused of “pandering” to anti-Muslim extremists by a British politician. Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim made the claim after campaigners said a new promotional banner […]
(AFP) Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday called for all Tunisians who are in his country illegally to be repatriated and for illicit migration to be “blocked,” during a visit to Tunis. The hardline Italian minister spoke following a meeting with […]
(Breitbart) A group of migrant-background residents of Malmö have formed a “resistance” group to fight “everyday racism” in response to the success of the anti-mass migration Sweden Democrats in the Swedish national elections. “Welcome to the Resistance” claims to be a grassroots movement which has […]
(Al-Jazeera) On Friday after midday, on a tree-lined residential street in southeastern Rome, people speak an assortment of languages and dialects, from north African Arabic to the local Roman slang. The bottom floor of a peeling post-war building hosts a “prayer home.” […]
(AFP) When the quiet French town of Forges-les-Bains was chosen to host a centre for young male asylum seekers in 2016, there was uproar. The disused hospital earmarked for the project was firebombed, some 250 residents staged a protest and NGO workers […]
(Times of San Diego) Attorney General Jeff Sessions “better” be fired after the November election. Rod Rosenstein, his apparent lame-duck deputy, has been part of a “coup” since before Donald Trump’s election. The president’s border wall has “nothing to do with illegal […]
(VOA) A very late election night victory rally in Michigan for candidate Rashida Tlaib on Aug. 7, followed a week later by an election night victory rally in Minnesota for candidate Ilhan Omar, marked an inflection point in American politics. The two, […]
(FrontPage) You thought it would stop with the defaming and deplatforming of foes of jihad terror? No. Soviet-style judgments of insanity are next. And what will come after that? The answer is clear enough. The Local reported Thursday that French “far right” […]
(AFP) The Italian government on Monday adopted a heavily-criticised security decree which will make it easier to expel migrants and strip them of Italian citizenship. The new bill is “a step forward to make Italy safer,” far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said […]
(Fox) Google is in the spotlight after internal emails show conversations between employees highlighting a desire to manipulate search results on the heels of President Trump’s controversial travel ban in order to mute conservative viewpoints and push ways to combat the ban. […]
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(AFP) Germany wants a stronger EU border agency to handle migration to Europe, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Thursday while judging “unsatisfactory” the squalid living conditions for thousands of migrants in Greece. Maas said he was favourable “to proposals on strengthening Frontex” […]
(AFP) EU leaders vowed Thursday to intensify talks with Egypt and other North African countries on how to curb flows of illegal migrants to Europe and to fight those who traffic them. European Council President Donald Tusk said the leaders meeting in […]
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