Immigration

Academics & Education

No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found An internal memo, prepared days before Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE agents, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.

April 13, 2025   

(Washington Post) Days before masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to deport her, the State Department determined that the Trump administration had not produced any evidence showing that she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public […]

Immigration

Frontex: Illegal crossings into Europe down one-third in a year As Europe harshens migration rules, nearly 34,000 fewer people attempted to enter the EU illegally in the first three months of 2025 compared to 2024.

April 11, 2025   

(Politico) Illegal crossings at Europe’s borders have dropped by more than 30 percent, a difference of nearly 34,000 people, in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2024, the EU’s border agency Frontex revealed to POLITICO. This […]

Government & Politics

EU border agency threatens to slash Greek funding amid alleged illegal pushbacks of migrants Greece has the highest number of open investigations on its practices across the European Union.

April 10, 2025   

(Politico) Greece could lose funding from Frontex as the European Union’s border agency investigates 12 open cases of potential human rights violations of migrants at its borders, the highest number of ongoing investigations by country across the bloc. The majority of the […]

Academics & Education

US to check social media as it seeks to bar non-citizens suspected of antisemitism The scrutiny will apply to foreign students, people applying for green cards — or seeking any other kind of immigration benefit.

April 9, 2025   

(Politico) U.S. authorities will examine the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country as the Trump administration seeks to bar people it believes have engaged in antisemitic activity, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. DHS will apply the scrutiny […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Trial postponed to 2026 for Afghan accused of ISIS-linked Election Day attack plot The trial for Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi has been delayed until May 12, 2026, due to continuances requested by both parties.

April 6, 2025   

(KWTV) The trial for Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi has been delayed until May 12, 2026, due to continuances requested by both parties. The court found that since it is a complex case involving a significant amount of discovery and classified information, the motions […]

Government & Politics

Labour’s Muslim problem — blindness or self-deception? For fear of losing their seats, Labour MPs refuse to speak of the elephant in the room: the utter failure of multiculturalism.

April 5, 2025   

(European Conservative) The left has a long, storied tradition of staring reality squarely in the face and refusing to believe their lying eyes. And nowhere is this more evident than the left’s defence of multiculturalism — a project so disastrous that even […]

Citizenship

Germany could withdraw citizenship due to ‘antisemitism’ 'Terror supporters, antisemites and extremists' could have their German citizenship revoked — if they hold a second nationality, according to planning documents. Critics of the move say it will lead to unequal treatment.

April 1, 2025   

(Deutsche Welle) The ongoing coalition negotiations between the conservatives of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) are said to have been riddled with heated arguments — sometimes to the point of doors […]

Christians

Vox wants Parliament to declare Islamism ‘incompatible’ with the West He will request it in a resolution proposal that also demands an urgent plan against jihadism in Catalonia

March 31, 2025   

(E-Notícies) Vox in Catalonia has been one of the most vehement parties in pointing out the incompatibility of Islam with Western values. This has sparked much controversy, especially since the Generalitat fined Sílvia Orriols 10,001 euros for expressing that idea. Vox not […]

Demonstrations

French minister: ‘Hatred of Jews comes essentially from the Arab-Muslim world’ In an article published in daily Le Monde, over 200 personalities pleaded 'so that anti-Zionism no longer serves as a pretext for anti-Semitism.'

March 26, 2025   

(European Jewish Press) French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls declared Monday that hatred of Jews “comes [essentially] from the Arab-Muslim world, in France and elsewhere.” He made [the] statement in an interview on CNEWS-Europe 1 as he reacted to anti-Jewish slogans chanted […]

Academics & Education

‘Common sense’ arrest of pro-Hamas protester Rumeysa Ozturk, says Homeland Security Federal investigations found that the Turkish national and Tufts student 'engaged in activities in support of Hamas,' the Department of Homeland Security told JNS.

March 26, 2025   

(JNS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested the Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk, a doctoral student at Tufts University in the Boston area, for supporting Hamas, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Ozturk was “granted the privilege to be in […]

Academics & Education

After Nasrallah mourner’s expulsion from US, CAIR tells non-citizens: Travel with burner phones to avoid deportation ‘Don’t wave the banner in front of the protest,’ one speaker warned visa holders

March 26, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is advising non-citizens to take “proactive steps” — like using a burner phone — to avoid deportation after traveling abroad as the Trump administration cracks down on foreigners who support terrorism. During the anti-Israel […]

Children & Teens

‘We’re worried’: French rabbi attacked in broad daylight with son The assault has reignited anger over surging antisemitism, with Emmanuel Macron accused of issuing 'empty words.'

March 24, 2025   

(European Conservative) There was another snapshot moment over the weekend of the persecution of Jews in Europe when a French rabbi was attacked in broad daylight while returning home from synagogue with his nine-year-old son. Orléans rabbi Arié Engelberg was allegedly hit […]

Government & Politics

Poland shuts asylum door at Belarus border with EU backing Warsaw will suspend protection for new asylum seekers crossing into Poland from Belarus, PM Donald Tusk says.

March 21, 2025   

(Politico) Poland is moving ahead with a controversial new law, backed by European Union leaders, to suspend access to asylum for new arrivals crossing into the country through Belarus after accusing Moscow of weaponizing migration flows to upend security in the region. […]

Government & Politics

JD Vance had a point on migration, Denmark’s prime minister warns EU leaders In a wide-ranging interview, Mette Frederiksen says she considers 'mass migration ... as a threat to the daily life in Europe.'

March 20, 2025   

(Politico) There’s not much the socialist Danish prime minister agrees on with the Trump administration. For one, U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to annex Greenland, an autonomous Danish dependent territory. He’s also shown a particular desire to side with Russian President […]

Academics & Education

Foreign Cornell activist: Threats of deportation deprive my friends of their ‘rights to listen’ to my pro-Hamas rhetoric Momodou Taal, a British national, celebrated Oct. 7 and called on classmates to take their 'cue from the armed resistance in Palestine'

March 19, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A foreign graduate student and protest leader at Cornell University is suing the Trump administration over its executive order calling to expel pro-Hamas visa holders, arguing that the order has forced him to withdraw from “public engagement” and thus “deprived” […]

Government & Politics

France vows response after Algeria refuses to cooperate with expulsion order Paris is seeking to deport Algerian nationals it deems a threat, but Algiers won’t take them back.

March 18, 2025   

(Politico) French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau vowed a “gradual response” after Algeria refused Paris’ demand to readmit Algerian nationals from France that local authorities have deemed a threat and are seeking to expel. Retailleau’s threat comes after the French government last week […]

Government & Politics

Poland accused of brutality as Belarus border crackdown escalates The EU has poured millions into Poland’s border enforcement — even as human rights groups accuse Warsaw of illegal pushbacks.

March 18, 2025   

(Politico) Polish border forces regularly force migrants back into Belarus, with reports of people being beaten, stripped of their clothes and left stranded in forests without food, shelter or medical care, according to a new report from Oxfam and Polish nongovernmental organization […]

Academics & Education

Deported Brown University professor had photos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says The government’s explanation for Rasha Alawieh’s deportation came before a judge postponed a hearing on whether it defied a judge’s order that she not be deported without advance notice to the court.

March 17, 2025   

(Politico) Federal authorities say they deported a Lebanese doctor holding an American visa last week after finding “sympathetic photos and videos” of prominent Hezbollah figures in a deleted items folder on her cell phone. Rasha Alawieh, a physician specializing in kidney transplants […]

Crime

Illegal immigrant who came to UK on small boat helped smuggle thousands of others into Europe from London home Ahmed Ramadan Mohamad Ebid, 41, has admitted to providing boats and crews and giving technical advice during Mediterranean Sea crossings.

March 17, 2025   

(Sky News) An illegal immigrant, who came to the UK on a small boat, was helping to smuggle more than 1,000 others into Europe within a month, a court was told. Ahmed Ramadan Mohamad Ebid, an Egyptian, was said to have played […]