(Yabiladi) A 40-year-old Moroccan who lived in Italy was expelled from the territory for planning a terrorist attack, Italian-language daily newspaper Il Giornale reported on Wednesday. The man in question has reportedly been radicalized while detained in prison. The Italian Interior Ministry […]
(Reuters) Around 57,000 migrants entered Spain irregularly last year, almost double the 2022 number as arrivals on the Canary Islands in fragile boats from west Africa surged to record levels, official data showed on Wednesday. The Spanish government last year intensified its […]
(Deutsche Welle) The number of asylum applications to the European Union has risen over the past two years. While there were just under 1 million in 2022, the European Union Agency for Asylum has predicted that this mark could now have hit […]
(BBC) The number of migrants crossing the Channel has fallen year-on-year for the first time since current records began. Government figures show the total arrivals in 2023 were down by more than a third on 2022. The provisional annual total for the […]
(AP) Cyprus is the first European Union member country to repatriate more migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected than have arrived in a single year, the east Mediterranean island nation’s interior minister said Thursday. Constantinos Ioannou told the state broadcaster that […]
(Politico) The European Union on Wednesday broke years of political deadlock by agreeing on a deal that will significantly change how the bloc limits migrant entry, moves migrants around EU countries and effectively makes it easier to deport unsuccessful asylum seeker applicants. […]
(AP) A Syrian man described as radicalized was convicted of murder, attempted murder and bodily harm on Tuesday over two knife attacks in Germany this year, including an assault on visitors to a gym. The 27-year-old defendant, identified only as Maan D. […]
(AP) Cyprus has disrupted an alleged Iranian plot to target Israeli businessmen with the arrest of two Iranian asylum-seekers who were in contact with another Iranian associated with the Revolutionary Guard, a Cypriot official said Tuesday. The official told the Associated Press […]
(Reuters) As record numbers of Syrian refugees reach the shores of Cyprus, the Nicosia government wants the European Union to consider declaring parts of their war-torn homeland safe to repatriate them to, the Cypriot interior minister said. “Starting a discussion to re-evaluate […]
(Deutsche Welle) The new color scheme a few months back was only a cosmetic step. Now, Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats are going under the hood. For the first time since 2007, the party that ruled Germany for most of the republic’s young […]
(Dutch News) Den Bosch mayor Jack Mikkers will not face prosecution over a comment about Moroccan nationals he made at a public meeting about the development of new refugee centres within the city boundaries. The public prosecution department said on Friday it […]
(NL Times) A 55-year-old Syrian man was arrested in Druten in the province of Gelderland on Friday on suspicion of crimes committed in Syria, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported. He is notably suspected of sexual violence and torture as crimes against […]
(Global News) For 12 years, Roohollah Firooznam ran a company that installed and operated security cameras for Iran’s hardline regime. The cameras were used to monitor detainees at prisons where torture took place, and to keep watch on political opponents. Three directors […]
(Politico) A growing number of asylum seekers arriving on the EU’s eastern frontier is forcing Baltic countries to consider border closures with Russia, due to fears the Kremlin is weaponizing desperate people to create a migration crisis on the continent. Latvia, Lithuania […]
(Daily Wire) Nejwa Ali, a former spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) who the U.S. Department of Homeland Security hired to vet asylum seekers, was put on paid leave after the Daily Wire exposed her extreme bias and anti-Semitism. Now she […]
(NL Times) Many PVV voters don’t support the far-right party’s more radical views — “pushing back Islam” and the Netherlands leaving the European Union. They expect their party will have to water down its standpoints in order to govern, and most are […]
(Politico) Geert Wilders may be just the tip of the iceberg. Following the anti-Islam politician’s shock election win in the Netherlands, European elites are nervously scanning the political landscape for signs of what’s to come — including further surprise wins from far-right […]
(NBC) In 2017, President Donald Trump triggered national outrage for implementing a so-called Muslim travel ban, blocking U.S. admissions for travelers from predominantly Muslim countries. The move prompted widespread protests and legal challenges, and Joe Biden rescinded it in one of his first […]
(Courthouse News) Judges at The Hague District Court spent Thursday looking at photos taken from Facebook of a man posing with corpses and weapons who prosecutors say committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. The man, identified as Mustafa A., […]
(AP) Finland said Tuesday it will close its last remaining border crossing with Russia amid concerns that Moscow is using migrants as part of “hybrid warfare” to destabilize the Nordic country following its entry into NATO. Finland already had shut seven of […]
(AP) Greek police have arrested six people who they say are members of a large human trafficking gang that violently extorted money from migrants to assist them in crossing into neighboring Albania and travel to European Union countries to the north. The […]
(AP) When Finland joined NATO earlier this year, Russia threatened retaliation. Now, hundreds of migrants from the Middle East and Africa have appeared at Finland’s border from Russia, seeking entry into the Nordic country. Finnish officials say the sudden surge in asylum-seekers […]
(Reuters) Geert Wilders, the Dutch populist whose anti-Islam comments have led to death threats, could become the next leader of the Netherlands following an election upset for his Freedom Party (PVV) on Wednesday. After 25 years in Dutch politics without holding office, […]
(GB News) A manhunt has been launched to locate six terror suspects who arrived in Britain on small boats, security sources say. The illegal migrants — who all have links to Islamist groups — started their journey in Syria and travelled to […]
(Kathimerini) A 37-year-old Syrian national, arrested for migrant trafficking Saturday, has admitted he is working for a trafficking ring and is being paid €1,500 per month for his work. The Syrian is thought by authorities to be the organizer of the transport […]
(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders wants to be part of the next Cabinet, and he is willing to make concessions to make that happen, also when it comes to his anti-Islam rhetoric. “There are more important priorities,” Wilders said in an […]
(Dutch News) A Syrian man who has been a refugee in the Netherlands since 2014 has been jailed for 23.5 years on appeal for his role in the killing of a Syrian army officer and for terrorism. Ahmad al K was given […]
(Politico) Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman accused Rishi Sunak of betraying his “promise to the nation” on immigration, in an excoriating letter sent just a day after she was sacked by the U.K. prime minister. In her first intervention since being ousted […]
(AP) It is a familiar sight in this remote rural town: a migrant in a headscarf and thick winter coat carrying her belongings to the overcrowded reception center as a storm brews over the flat landscape. For many here and across this […]
(Brussels Times) In the aftermath of the terror attack in Brussels last month, a prospective law was discussed in parliament for the first time to ensure foreign nationals and asylum seekers required to leave the country actually do so. State Secretary for Asylum […]
(National-UAE) An asylum seeker who UK spies believe to be an ISIS supporter has won the right to remain in Britain after judges ruled he is not a threat to national security. The 30-year-old Iranian Kurd, who can’t be named for legal […]
(EUobserver) Sweden has called for an EU immigration crackdown to stop terrorism, with a right-wing slant on Muslims that risks sharpening division. EU ministers should discuss in December how to prevent attacks such as the killing of two Swedish football fans by […]
(AP) Albania agreed Monday to give temporary shelter to some of the thousands of migrants who reach Italian shores while their asylum bids are being processed, offering its neighbor across the Adriatic Sea some relief in managing some of the arrivals. The […]
(Reuters) Nearly 32,000 migrants have reached Spain’s Canary Islands on fragile boats from west Africa this year, passing a previous record posted in 2006, regional authorities said on Sunday. So far this year, 31,933 people have reached the islands, compared with the […]
(Kathimerini) The Greek government and authorities have been very successful in fighting “illegal migration” by creating “an extremely secure land border” with a sturdy fence that was built very quickly to act as a deterrent, British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said […]
(AP) Serbian police said Friday they have found some 3,400 migrants and seized weapons and ammunition during a days-long crackdown on irregular migration in the wake of a shooting last week near the border with Hungary that killed three migrants and wounded […]
(European Conservative) A suspected sympathiser of the Islamic State who murdered a 35-year-old man on the streets of the German city of Duisburg earlier this year has admitted he carried out the deadly knife attack on orders from the terrorist group to […]
(CBS) A 20-year-old Jordanian national living in Texas allegedly trained with others of a “radical mindset” to “possibly commit an attack” after he illegally obtained firearms, according to federal investigators. Court documents reveal Sohaib Abuayyash — who at one point traveled to […]
(Daily Caller) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas couldn’t provide the number of illegal immigrants in the country that are known to be tied to terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Republican Kansas […]
(Daily Wire) Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas became visibly agitated Tuesday when asked at a Senate committee hearing about the Daily Wire’s exposé that his department employs a former PLO spokeswoman who has praised Hamas. Mayorkas told Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) […]
(Free Beacon) House Republicans on Tuesday subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security for information about Afghan refugees as intelligence officials warn of increased threats of a terrorist attack in the United States. The Biden administration has stonewalled congressional inquiries into security screenings […]
(Politico) Belgium had big plans for its upcoming Council presidency. But its handling of the October 16 shooting spree by Tunisian gunman Abdesalem Lassoued, which left two Swedish football supporters dead, has since led to a series of embarrassing revelations. Lassoued was […]
(AFP) Cyprus has received an influx of 458 Syrian migrants from Lebanon in one week and is bracing for more as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread, officials said on Sunday. Authorities said 194 Syrians arrived late on Saturday aboard four boats […]
(AP) Hundreds of Serbian officers were dispatched Saturday into a border area with Hungary, where they detained several people after a shooting between migrants killed three people and injured one, police said. Reports of violence and gun battles have become common near […]
(Reuters) Three migrants died in a shootout near Serbia’s border with Hungary early on Friday, local media reported, along an EU entry route increasingly used by people smugglers and where Serbian police have stepped up patrols. The gunbattle, in which a fourth […]
(AP) Sweden reportedly withdrew the residence permit of an Iraqi man who staged a series of public desecrations of the Quran this year but put his deportation on hold, saying his life would be in danger if he were returned to Iraq. […]
(Reuters) Italy will support the creation of a European Union naval mission to patrol maritime borders, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told parliament on Wednesday. “Italy will support … the creation of a European naval mission, in agreement and cooperation with the North […]
(AP) Police in Cyprus said Tuesday they had arrested 10 Syrian men in an operation that has dismantled the third people smuggling ring bringing migrants to the east Mediterranean island nation in as many months. The arrests come as Cypriot authorities say […]
(AP) Some 314 migrants arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in two boats early Monday, bringing to more than 1,600 the number of migrants to reach the islands since Friday, emergency services said. The service said one boat carrying 229 migrants was escorted […]
(AP) Belgium’s justice minister resigned on Friday over what he described as a “monumental error” after it was discovered that Tunisia was seeking the extradition last year of an Islamic extremist who shot dead two Swedes and wounded a third this week. […]
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