Christians
Christian refugees admitted to US down more than 50% under Trump (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
We’ll pay if you take in migrants, Brussels tells EU governments
(Reuters) The European Commission offered on Tuesday to shoulder the cost of taking in migrants from boats in the Mediterranean, seeking to entice more governments to shoulder the burden after Italy’s new government closed the country’s ports to rescue vessels. Under the […]
Government & Politics
French police clear 450 migrants from camp in Nantes
(AFP) French police on Monday cleared some 450 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants from a park in the western city of Nantes where they had been camping for more than a month. Regional authorities said 455 people were cleared in the operation, ordered […]
Children & Teens
Sweden struggles over child marriage Critics say government is treading too softly to avoid accusations of cultural insensitivity.
(Politico) A row over how to deal with child marriage among immigrants has inflamed political debate ahead of a general election in Sweden, where migration continues to divide public opinion and the far right is riding high in the polls. A tug-of-war between […]
Government & Politics
Italy to keep accepting stricken migrants during EU talks
(AFP) Italy agreed Monday to continue accepting migrants rescued at sea, at least until a broader EU strategy to address fair distribution of people can be defined. Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said after talks with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in […]
Government & Politics
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.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Ambassador: ‘Europe is not going to become a Muslim continent’
(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 […]
Children & Teens
Morocco police to patrol Paris streets to tackle migrant youth gangs
(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 […]
Government & Politics
EU migrant policy suffers blow as Italy, Libya reject proposals
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Commission takes Hungary to court over treatment of asylum seekers Viktor Orbán’s government is violating key EU rules and rights, Brussels says.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
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?
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Greece to process 1,500 asylum requests from Germany
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Germany’s dysfunctional deportation system
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Wrongfully deported Afghan to return to Germany: ministry
(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 […]
Demonstrations
Four activists held in France for escorting migrants over border
(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 […]
Immigration
More migrants take sea route to Spain than Italy this year: UN
(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 — […]
Government & Politics
Mass migration: ‘The fatal solvent of the EU’
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Polls show European politicians with anti-immigrant message remain as popular as ever
(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 […]
Demonstrations
Pro-migrant protests on France-Italy border
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Austrian president criticises government’s asylum proposals
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Belgium to launch anti-immigration social media campaign Opponents say the initiative could scare away genuine asylum-seekers.
(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 […]
Immigration
Telling migrants to ‘go home’ is racism, rules Italy’s top court
(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 […]
Government & Politics
No firm EU agreement on Austrian proposals for reducing migration
(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 […]
Crime
Dozens of migrants disembark from coastguard ship in Italy
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Supreme Court orders Spain to take in more refugees
(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 […]
Government & Politics
France: Freeing extremists 450 radicalized Islamists to be freed by 2019
(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, […]
Crime
Afghan deported from Germany commits suicide in Kabul hotel
(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 […]
Government & Politics
The EU’s anti-migrant bloc is about to get a boost
(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 […]
Government & Politics
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.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Three in four Germans say immigration policies are negligently handled
(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 […]
Government & Politics
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.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Salvini says ‘not one more person’ should reach Italy by boat
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Norway’s PM and finance minister in potential clash over EU asylum
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Merkel, Orban clash over EU values with anti-migrant wind blowing
(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 […]
Government & Politics
German coalition reaches deal on migration, no transit centers
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Germany: Migration deal keeps Merkel in power, for now
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Germany deports 69 failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Hungary’s Orban open to bilateral migration deal with Merkel
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Merkel, rebel minister agree migrant deal to avert govt crisis
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Italy’s Salvini calls for European anti-migrant alliance
(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 […]
Academics & Education
In Denmark, harsh new laws for immigrant ‘ghettos’
(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,” […]
Government & Politics
German interior minister offers resignation over migration row
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Migrant crisis thwarts Emmanuel Macron’s grand plan (LINK ONLY)
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