(LBC) A Labour minister has accused Reform MP Sarah Pochin of “singling out” Muslim migrants after she claimed those arriving on small boats held “medieval beliefs” and posed a threat to women’s safety in Britain. Baroness Jacqui Smith criticised the Runcorn and […]
(GB News) Sarah Pochin has declared that Britain “cannot go on like this” as she launched a scathing attack on Labour’s “betrayal” of women’s safety. Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK MP warned of the “invasion on British culture” amid the […]
(Cincinnati Enquirer) Federal lawyers accused a former Cincinnati hospital chaplain of “murder and terrorism related activities” in a recent court filing that argues he should not be considered for asylum in the United States. The claims, revealed Aug. 7 in federal court, […]
(Breitbart) A 43-year-old asylum seeker from Pakistan appeared this week before a court in London on charges of allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl multiple times. Kamran Khan, 43, faces two counts of rape, two counts of forcing a child under the age […]
(AFP) Five people have been arrested in Germany, the Netherlands and Bosnia in a coordinated operation against a gang accused of smuggling Syrian migrants into Europe, German authorities said on Thursday. The suspects are Syrian nationals aged between 26 and 37, police […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Belgian Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) has revoked the refugee status of the European head of the pro-Palestine group Samidoun. Former secretary of state for asylum and migration Nicole De Moor (CD&V) requested […]
(Swiss Info) An asylum seeker has been sentenced to six months in prison in Graubünden for an attack on a Jewish tourist in Davos in the summer of 2024. The man did not appear before the Prättigau/Davos regional court for his trial […]
(LBC) A police force at the centre of a controversy have denied accusations of a “cover up” following the alleged kidnap and rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Two men, Ahmad Mulakhil and Mohammad Kabir, both aged 23, have been charged […]
(LBC) The home secretary has called for “greater transparency” from police forces when dealing with serious crimes committed by asylum seekers. It comes as unrest spreads across the country following a number of incidents where alleged asylum seekers were accused of serious, […]
(Jewish News) A Palestinian man who arrived in Britain illegally after crossing the Channel in a small boat — and who was filmed calling for the mass killing of Jews — has been sent back to prison after breaching his release conditions. […]
(Breitbart) Brexit leader Nigel Farage and the leader of Warwickshire Council took to the stage on Monday to decry police making a bid to apparently hush up an alleged sex crime by Afghan asylum seekers against a 12-year-old girl in the county […]
(GB News) A pair of Afghan “asylum seekers” have been charged with the rape and kidnap of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, allegedly raped the child in the evening of July 22 on the town’s Cheverel Street. He was […]
(GB News) Robert Jenrick was prevented from publicly discussing his claims that individuals connected to Islamic State had entered the UK through Channel crossings. The former immigration minister had written in the Telegraph that terror suspects had “waltzed right in” to Britain […]
(AFP) France said Friday it would suspend a programme receiving Palestinians from conflict-torn Gaza until an investigation into how a student accused of sharing antisemitic posts was allowed into the country was concluded. The move comes after officials said the female student […]
(Politico) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacted with fury on Friday as the EU’s top court raised the threshold for member countries to reject asylum-seekers. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said EU nations may only create national lists […]
(Algemeiner) A Palestinian from Gaza studying at the prestigious Sciences Po Lille has been expelled after French authorities discovered hundreds of antisemitic social media posts, including praise for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and calls for the murder of Jews. The episode has […]
(AP) Germany’s top prosecutor has filed charges against a Syrian man in connection with a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial in February that seriously wounded a Spanish tourist. The suspect sought to use the alleged crime to join the militant Islamic […]
(Morocco World News) In response to a sharp spike in irregular migration attempts toward Ceuta, Moroccan and Spanish authorities have significantly ramped up their joint security operations in recent days, according to El Mundo. The Spanish outlet reports that Morocco has deployed […]
(Breitbart) The overwhelming majority of Britons believe that the government should deploy the Royal Navy to stem the tide of the illegal boat migrant crisis in the English Channel, a poll has found. According to a survey from the More in Common […]
(LBC) Former Taliban fighters were allegedly among those brought to the UK for their safety following the Afghan data leak. Former Taliban fighters are currently living in the UK after being airlifted from Afghanistan by British planes because their names were on […]
(Reuters) At least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta in rough seas and fog, Spanish television reported on Saturday. Video footage on Spanish television channel RTVE showed Civil Guard launches making repeated […]
(BizPac Review) The Department of Homeland Security highlighted Maine state Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D), commenting on her goal of helping “our country of Somalia.” A Somali refugee who came to America in 1992 when she married a Somali businessman in Atlanta, Dhalac’s […]
(Euronews) Since demonstrations in Berlin and Düsseldorf turned violent when supporters of Syria’s new government clashed with pro-Kurdish demonstrators, discussions surrounding radical Islamism in Germany have been on the rise. At the protests last weekend, people celebrated the wave of attacks on […]
(European Conservative) In front of Berlin’s Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall), the seat of the city’s mayor, nearly 400 men — many of them reportedly Syrian refugees — publicly celebrated the recent massacres committed against the Druze community in Syria. Eyewitnesses report […]
(Deutsche Welle) “We have succeeded in organizing another deportation flight with convicted criminals to Afghanistan,” German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in a press release on July 18, following the departure of a plane from Leipzig to Kabul with 81 Afghan men with […]
(Deutsche Welle) Shafiq* is a Palestinian man who ended up in limbo after he managed to get out of Gaza and make his way via Egypt and Turkey to Germany, where he applied for asylum. The right to asylum is enshrined in […]
(Euronews) German authorities filed criminal charges against dozens of participants following weekend protests in Berlin and Düsseldorf, where demonstrators celebrated violence against Syria’s Druze minority and clashed with Kurdish counter-protesters. Hundreds gathered Saturday outside Berlin’s city hall, waving Syrian flags and chanting […]
(AP) Thousands of Afghans in the U.S. are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administration’s decision to end their legal status. A three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in […]
(AFP) The German government said Monday that two new envoys had been sent by Afghanistan’s Taliban administration to help coordinate deportations, days after 81 convicted Afghans were sent back to their homeland. The flight on Friday was the second from Germany since […]
(European Conservative) More than half a year has passed since Denmark began offering €27,000 for every Syrian refugee who voluntarily chooses to return to their home country after it was deemed “safe” with the fall of the Assad regime. However, the scheme […]
(European Conservative) Some of the Afghan nationals deported from Germany to Kabul on Friday have already said they plan to return, according to media reports. The flight, from the city of Leipzig, carried 81 Afghan men, all either convicted criminals or considered […]
(Reuters) Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and five European counterparts agreed on a set of goals on Friday to tighten asylum rules in the bloc, including allowing deportations to Afghanistan and Syria. The meeting at Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze, follows Berlin’s […]
(AP) Germany deported dozens of Afghan men to their homeland on Friday, the second time it has done so since the Taliban returned to power and the first since a new government pledging a tougher line on migration took office in Berlin. […]
(BBC) The Ministry of Defence offered to expedite the review of a rejected resettlement application of an Afghan national after he posted sensitive details from a data breach on Facebook, the BBC understands. The man published nine names from a dataset containing […]
(BBC) Thousands of Afghans have moved to the UK under a secret scheme which was set up after a British official inadvertently leaked their data, it can be revealed. In February 2022, the personal details of nearly 19,000 people who had applied […]
(Cincinnati Enquirer) The attorneys for a jailed hospital chaplain say he lost his asylum status because a government official determined he was a terrorist threat based on his work for a charity in Egypt with purported ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Ayman […]
(BBC) The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the fall of the Assad regime. Asylum minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Home Office had “worked to lift the pause as […]
(AP) An appeals court late Monday stepped in to keep in place protections for nearly 12,000 Afghans that have allowed them to work in the U.S. and be protected from deportation after they were set to expire as part of the Trump […]
(Breitbart) All Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip will be eligible for the first time to apply for asylum in France, a court ruled on Friday. Deciding on a case brought by a Palestinian mother seeking asylum in the wake of the […]
(AP) Greece’s parliament approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving from Libya on Friday, despite strong criticism from the United Nations refugee agency and Europe’s top human rights official. The measure suspends asylum application processing for those arriving by […]
(Politico) Greece’s newly appointed migration minister has said the government plans to introduce new “disincentives” to migrants as part of a crackdown on arrivals following an influx from Libya in recent weeks. Thanos Plevris said the country’s conservative New Democracy government is […]
(Times of Malta) A man who married a 15-year-old girl in Syria and conceived their first child in Malta a year later has been found guilty of participating in sexual activities with a minor. He was spared jail but handed a three-year […]
(Politico) African countries will have to stem migrant departures if they want to continue receiving EU development aid, the European Commission will suggest as part of its seven-year budget plan to be unveiled next week. The idea, which is outlined in an […]
(AP) Greece said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on the island of Crete following a spike in arrivals from Libya. More than 2,000 migrants have landed on the Mediterranean island since the weekend, according to coast guard […]
(Reuters) A German court ruled on Tuesday that the government is obliged to issue visas to Afghan nationals and their family members who were accepted into a humanitarian admissions programme that the new centre-right coalition intends to shut down. A foreign ministry […]
(Daily Caller) The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether a Muslim advocacy organization it previously linked to Hamas should maintain eligibility to receive taxpayer funds, according to emails obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration […]
(LBC) The UK’s terror watchdog Jonathan Hall has said there is a “link” between migrants arriving in small [boats] and terror threats to Britain. Mr Hall was taking calls to mark the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings on Tom Swarbrick’s LBC show […]
(AP) Across the English Channel, the U.K.’s white cliffs beckon. On fine days, men and women with children in their arms and determination in their eyes can see the shoreline of what they believe will be a promised land as they attempt […]
(AP) Authorities in Greece say more than 1,200 migrants have been detained on the island of Crete and the nearby islet of Gavdos over the past three days, following a surge in arrivals from Libya. The coast guard said multiple boats were […]
(AFP) Germany is to start deporting Syrians with criminal records, the interior ministry said Saturday, days after Austria became the first EU country to do so in recent years. The ministry had instructed the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) to […]
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