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Media and migrants: How journalists help fuel populist momentum Polls say that migrants aren't what Germans are most concerned about. So why do the media and politicians push the topic so much? Is the AfD profiting from their mistakes? DW's Jefferson Chase takes a self-critical look.

July 21, 2018 Jefferson Chase

(Deutsche Welle) It’s a result that has given journalistic and political Berlin pause for thought: Germans are more concerned about old-age poverty and affordable housing than about migrants. At least that’s the finding of a recent Emnid poll for the Bild am […]

Ambassador: ‘Europe is not going to become a Muslim continent’

July 20, 2018 Joel Gehrke

(Washington Examiner) President Trump’s belief that immigration is “changing [the] culture” of Europe is wrong, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States said Friday. “Europe is not going to become a Muslim continent any time soon,” Ambassador David O’Sullivan said at […]

Morocco police to patrol Paris streets to tackle migrant youth gangs

July 20, 2018 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) Following an agreement between France and Morocco, several Moroccan police officers are scheduled to be sent to Paris to help deal with young delinquent migrants. A total of four officers from the North African country are set to patrol the Goutte d’Or […]

EU migrant policy suffers blow as Italy, Libya reject proposals

July 20, 2018 Christian Spillmann

(AFP) The European Union’s migrant strategy suffered a major new setback Friday with Italy refusing to freely accept people rescued at sea and Libya spurning a proposal for asylum processing centres. The salvoes follow a fractious EU summit in June which agreed […]

Commission takes Hungary to court over treatment of asylum seekers Viktor Orbán’s government is violating key EU rules and rights, Brussels says.

July 19, 2018 Lili Bayer

(Politico) The European Commission on Thursday referred Hungary to the European Court of Justice over its treatment of asylum seekers, declaring that Budapest is not complying with EU law. The referral is the final stage in an infringement proceeding — the action the […]

German cabinet declares Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria ‘safe’ Germany's cabinet wants to add three Maghreb states and Georgia to a list of 'safe countries of origin.' But will the change pass Germany's upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, where it failed last year?

July 18, 2018 Timothy Jones and Jefferson Chase

(Deutsche Welle) The German government will put forward legislation declaring Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Georgia “safe countries of origin.” The decision was reached after the weekly meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet on Wednesday in Berlin. If enacted, the change in the […]

Greece to process 1,500 asylum requests from Germany

July 18, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Greece will process 1,500 asylum applications from Germany as part of a deal signed between the two countries, Greece’s migration minister said Wednesday. “In the first half of 2018 there were 1,500 requests for processing by Germany, and they will be […]

Germany’s dysfunctional deportation system

July 18, 2018 Soeren Kern

(Gatestone) A court in Gelsenkirchen has ruled that deporting a self-declared Islamist — suspected of being a bodyguard of the former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden — was “grossly unlawful” and ordered him returned to Germany. The case has cast a spotlight […]

Wrongfully deported Afghan to return to Germany: ministry

July 18, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) An asylum seeker deported to Afghanistan this month will be returned to Germany, the interior ministry said Wednesday, in the latest of a series of scandals surrounding Berlin’s hardening migration policy. A ministry spokeswoman said the federal migration and refugee agency […]

Four activists held in France for escorting migrants over border

July 17, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Four people accused of illegally helping migrants cross the border into France were being questioned by police on Tuesday, the latest case over aid provided to refugees on the move through Europe. The activists, part of the “Tous Migrants” association, took […]

More migrants take sea route to Spain than Italy this year: UN

July 17, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) The number of migrants arriving in Spain by boat is surging, the UN said Tuesday, and it has now surpassed Italy as the top destination for Mediterranean crossings. So far this year, 50,872 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe — […]

Mass migration: ‘The fatal solvent of the EU’

July 16, 2018 Giulio Meotti

(Gatestone) “Far from leading to fusion, Europe’s migration crisis is leading to fission,” Stanford’s historian Niall Ferguson recently wrote. “Increasingly, I believe that the issue of migration will be seen by future historians as the fatal solvent of the EU.” Week after […]

Polls show European politicians with anti-immigrant message remain as popular as ever

July 15, 2018 Petra Hajdu and Austin Davis

(USA Today) En route to winning a fourth term this year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that migration would harm Hungary’s largely homogeneous nation, proclaiming “countries that don’t stop immigration will be lost.” It resonated with voters, who delivered his Fidesz party and […]

Pro-migrant protests on France-Italy border

July 14, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Several thousand people protested Saturday on the France-Italy border against European states closing their frontiers to migrants, AFP journalists said. They said about 3,000 people — mostly Italian, French, German, Dutch and Spanish — marched from the small Italian town of […]

Austrian president criticises government’s asylum proposals

July 14, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen used an interview published on Saturday to criticise proposals put forward by the government to make it impossible to claim asylum on European soil. “Whoever comes to our country and applies for asylum should be […]

Belgium to launch anti-immigration social media campaign Opponents say the initiative could scare away genuine asylum-seekers.

July 13, 2018 Victor Jack

(Politico) Belgian authorities plan to launch a social media campaign aimed at discouraging potential migrants from coming to the country. The campaign, to be run for a minimum of six months by the Immigration Department (DVZ), will highlight the dangers of irregular migration […]

Telling migrants to ‘go home’ is racism, rules Italy’s top court

July 13, 2018 Elaine Allaby

(Local) In a landmark decision, Italy’s highest court has ruled that telling migrants to “go away” is racism. The Court of Cassation ruled Thursday that telling non-EU foreigners to leave the country legally counts as racial discrimination, even if racial slurs are […]

No firm EU agreement on Austrian proposals for reducing migration

July 12, 2018 Jastinder Khera

(AFP) Austria used the first meeting of EU interior ministers under its presidency of the bloc to advance its tough proposals on the issue, but without reaching firm agreement on its most radical proposals. After the meeting in the Austrian city of […]

Dozens of migrants disembark from coastguard ship in Italy

July 12, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Dozens of migrants were permitted to disembark from an Italian coast guard ship in Sicily late Thursday, after they were held at the port over suspicions that some had been involved in a reported mutiny. Police and coastguards escorted some of […]

Supreme Court orders Spain to take in more refugees

July 11, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Spain’s Supreme Court has ordered Madrid to take in more refugees after ruling it had not honoured its EU commitment to accept least 16,000 asylum-seekers from Italy and Greece, it announced Wednesday. “More than six months after the deadline expired, a […]

France: Freeing extremists 450 radicalized Islamists to be freed by 2019

July 11, 2018 Yves Mamou

(Gatestone) A curious story is getting attention in France. Two Japanese winemakers who have been living in Banyuls-sur-Mer since 2016 were notified that they would have to leave France due to a lack of financial resources. Rie Shoji, 42, and Hirofumi Shoji, […]

Afghan deported from Germany commits suicide in Kabul hotel

July 11, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) An Afghan man deported from Germany has been found dead in a hotel room in Kabul after committing suicide, officials said Wednesday. The 23-year-old man, who has not been identified, was forcibly returned to the Afghan capital on July 4 along […]

The EU’s anti-migrant bloc is about to get a boost

July 11, 2018 Peter Laca

(Bloomberg) Czech billionaire Andrej Babis won parliamentary approval for a minority government, strengthening the group of European Union members who are challenging the bloc’s unity. As populist forces from Italy to Sweden shake the EU’s foundations and Brexit talks languish far from […]

German interior minister presents his migration master plan German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has presented his long-awaited asylum 'master plan.' But he did not include the last-minute compromises made with coalition partners last week, which averted a government crisis.

July 10, 2018 Ben Knight

(Deutsche Welle) Interior Minister Horst Seehofer finally got to present his migration “master plan” to the press on Tuesday, a month after it was blocked at the last minute by Chancellor Angela Merkel, precipitating a crisis in the German government that almost […]

Three in four Germans say immigration policies are negligently handled

July 10, 2018 Unlisted Author

(Local) A full 72% of Germans find immigration policies in Germany to be “too careless,” according to a newly released survey by the research institute YouGov. The survey, which asked 2,040 participants their views between June 20th — July 4th, was conducted […]

Frontex chief: Increase in migrants reaching EU via Spain Fabrice Leggeri said his agency registered 6,000 irregular border crossings from Africa in the region last month.

July 7, 2018 Janosch Delcker

(Politico) Migrants are increasingly taking the Western route across the Mediterranean to reach Europe via Spain, the head of the EU’s border monitoring agency warned. “If you ask me about my greatest concern, I say it’s Spain,” Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri told German newspaper […]

Salvini says ‘not one more person’ should reach Italy by boat

July 5, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday said he wanted to put a complete stop to migrant arrivals in Italy by boat. The aim is that “not one more person arrives by boat” on Italian shores, said Salvini during a […]

Norway’s PM and finance minister in potential clash over EU asylum

July 5, 2018 Unlisted Author

(Local) Prime Minister Erna Solberg has said she would be open to Norway relieving pressure on EU countries by taking in more refugees. The PM’s view is not shared by Finance Minister Siv Jensen, who is also leader of the anti-immigration Progress […]

Merkel, Orban clash over EU values with anti-migrant wind blowing

July 5, 2018 Deborah Cole

(AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday accused Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban of failing to respect “humanity” with his immigration policy, days after she made key border protection concessions to hardliners who have embraced Budapest’s anti-migrant stance. In a remarkable […]

German coalition reaches deal on migration, no transit centers

July 5, 2018 Holger Hansen and Andreas Rinke

(Reuters) The parties in Germany’s ruling coalition on Thursday reached agreement on a package of measures to deal with asylum-seekers who have already registered in other European Union states, and vowed to push ahead with an immigration law before year’s end. The […]

Germany: Migration deal keeps Merkel in power, for now

July 4, 2018 Soeren Kern

(Gatestone) In an extraordinary last-minute reversal, Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing the imminent collapse of her coalition government, agreed late on July 2 to reinstate border controls with Austria. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer had threatened to resign from Merkel’s cabinet unless she agreed […]

Germany deports 69 failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan

July 4, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AP) German authorities say they have deported 69 Afghans whose asylum requests were rejected back to their home country. A plane carrying the men from Munich to Kabul landed in the Afghan capital early Wednesday. It was one of the largest collective […]

Hungary’s Orban open to bilateral migration deal with Merkel

July 3, 2018 Michael Nienaber

(Reuters) Hungary’s anti-migrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday signalled his willingness to strike a bilateral deal with Chancellor Angela Merkel to limit the arrival of asylum seekers in Germany and other European countries. Merkel needs the backing of both her junior […]

Merkel, rebel minister agree migrant deal to avert govt crisis

July 2, 2018 Frank Zeller

(AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a deal Monday on migration with her rebellious interior minister, Horst Seehofer, defusing a bitter row that had threatened her government. Both sides hammered out “a truly good compromise … after a tough struggle and difficult […]

Italy’s Salvini calls for European anti-migrant alliance

July 1, 2018 Armand Soldin

(AFP) Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called for a Europe-wide alliance against “mass immigration” at a triumphant annual gathering of his far-right League party on Sunday. “I think of a league of Leagues in Europe, which unites all the free movements […]

In Denmark, harsh new laws for immigrant ‘ghettos’

July 1, 2018 Ellen Barry and Martin Selsoe Sorensen

(NY Times) When Rokhaia Naassan gives birth in the coming days, she and her baby boy will enter a new category in the eyes of Danish law. Because she lives in a low-income immigrant neighborhood described by the government as a “ghetto,” […]

German interior minister offers resignation over migration row

July 1, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Germany’s interior minister Horst Seehofer on Sunday said he wants to resign both his office and his position as head of the hardline conservative Bavarian CSU party, throwing into question the future of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government. “He wants to […]

Migrant crisis thwarts Emmanuel Macron’s grand plan (LINK ONLY)

July 1, 2018 EoI News

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