Immigration
Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Ukraine
Immigration
Kurdish asylum seekers on hunger strike in Poland
(AFP) Ten Kurdish asylum seekers in Poland on Friday entered their third week of a hunger strike to protest what they described as prison-like conditions and a slow immigration process. “The strike began on May 4,” said Dagmara Bielec, a spokeswoman for […]
Government & Politics
ISIS plotting to assassinate George W. Bush in Dallas Two confidential informants and surveillance of the alleged plotter’s WhatsApp account reveal plans to smuggle assassins into the U.S. to murder the former president, according to a search warrant application discovered by Forbes.
(Forbes) An Iraqi man in the U.S. accused of being linked to ISIS operatives was plotting to kill George W. Bush, going so far as to travel to Dallas in November to take video around the former president’s home and recruiting a […]
Children & Teens
Afghan migrant accused of sexually abusing two Ukrainian refugee children
(Breitbart) An Afghan migrant who worked as security at German asylum accommodation has been accused of sexually abusing two Ukrainian refugee children aged six and seven. The alleged abuse is said to have taken place at asylum accommodation in the town of […]
Government & Politics
Britain, Rwanda defend asylum-seekers plan at UN agencies
(AP) Britain and Rwanda on Thursday faced down two United Nations agencies that have sharply criticized their controversial plan in which Britain expects to send some asylum-seekers from the U.K. to the African country. In an interview with the Associated Press before […]
Children & Teens
Syrian migrant suspected of raping 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee girl
(Breitbart) A 19-year-old Syrian migrant has been accused of rape by a 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee girl but has not been kept in custody, in what some are claiming is a scandal. The alleged rape took place in the late evening last Wednesday […]
Government & Politics
Channel crossings continue for a fourth consecutive day (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Vast majority of Afghans turned away by U.S. entry program
(Hill) The Biden administration has denied roughly 85 percent of the applications it has processed from Afghans seeking to come to the U.S. through a program that allows for temporarily waiving immigration requirements. New figures obtained by the Hill show the administration […]
Clothing
Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge
(AP) French President Emmanuel Macron tore into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a television debate Wednesday for her ties to Russia and for wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in public, as he seeks […]
Immigration
Frontex sees big rise in EU migrant entries, no Ukraine link
(AP) The number of migrants trying to enter the European Union without authorization in the first three months of this year has risen to its highest level since 2016, even excluding refugees arriving from Ukraine, the EU’s border and coast guard agency […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus plans surveillance system to stem migrant crossings
(AP) Cyprus will install an electronic surveillance system along the buffer zone that divides the island nation along ethnic lines, to stem a surge in illegal immigration through the breakaway north, the government said Tuesday. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos announced the plan […]
Christians
Rep. Ilhan Omar sees Christians singing on a plane; wonders what would happen if Muslims did the same
(NY Daily News) Seeing a video of Christians on a plane singing spiritual songs left Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wondering what might happen if her Muslim family behaved the same way. “I think my family and I should have a prayer session […]
Government & Politics
5,000-plus migrants thought to have reached UK this year after crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
New Iran nuclear deal could allow Iranian terrorists into US Removal of sanctions on IRGC will permit terror-tied Iranians to enter the country
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration’s new nuclear accord with Iran is likely to include a loophole that will “allow Iranian nationals linked to terrorism to enter and stay in the United States,” according to a new Republican-authored policy analysis circulating on Capitol […]
Government & Politics
Polish pushbacks to Belarus go on as Ukrainians welcomed
(AFP) Poland has welcomed two million refugees from war-torn Ukraine at lightning speed and with open arms. Yet just north of that border, the EU member continues to push back those crossing from Belarus. Since last summer, thousands of migrants and refugees […]
Legal
Ex-hostages, relatives seek accountability at IS ‘Beatles’ trial
(AFP) Former hostages and relatives of victims are seeking justice, accountability and perhaps even some solace as the trial of a member of the brutal Islamic State (IS) kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles” gets underway. Jury selection began on Tuesday in […]
Government & Politics
Boris Johnson could sack Home Secretary Priti Patel after losing grip of Channel migrant crisis (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Afghan refugees in US to receive temporary protected status
(AP) Afghan refugees in the United States will be allowed to stay for at least 18 months under temporary protected status, the government said Wednesday, a move that will help some of the thousands who arrived following the chaotic American withdrawal from […]
Legal
Drama as defence lawyers stage mass walk-out at November 2015 terror trial
(Radio France) Tuesday’s session at the special criminal court in Paris ended abruptly when the fifty lawyers defending those accused of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks left the courtroom en masse. They were protesting against “an atmosphere unfavourable to their […]
Legal
Chief Paris attacks suspect tells court he killed no one — reporter
(Reuters) Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the sole surviving member of the Islamist squad that struck Paris in November 2015, told a court on Tuesday that he did not know of the attack plot from the outset and that he bore no […]
Health & Medicine
Four terror arrests in Bari and Cuneo COVID-19 a soldier of Allah sent to strike west, say Albanians
(ANSA) Italian police on Monday arrested four Albanian men who have lived in Italy for many years on suspicion of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Italy. The arrests were made in the southern city of Bari in Puglia and the northern city […]
Government & Politics
Euro MP claims African migrants exploiting Ukraine war to enter EU
(Breitbart) African migrants, along with a host of other nationalities, are exploiting the war in Ukraine to enter France, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) has claimed. Nicolas Bay MEP has claimed that African migrants are using refugee channels aimed at […]
Government & Politics
U.S. to miss deadline for release of 9/11 probe documents, court filing shows
(Reuters) The U.S. Justice Department acknowledged on Thursday it would miss a deadline set by President Joe Biden’s executive order to review and release documents from the FBI investigation of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people. In […]
Children & Teens
Cyprus rights official: Young migrants in ‘miserable’ camp
(AP) The war in Ukraine has focused the world’s attention on the plight of millions fleeing the country. But migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and elsewhere continue to reach ethnically divided Cyprus, where authorities say they’re overwhelmed. On the outskirts of the […]
Government & Politics
Experts raise doubts over plan for Royal Navy to control Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Lords reject clause in bill criminalising refugees who arrive by irregular route (LINK ONLY)
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Military
Anger as CBS reporter Charlie D’Agata suggests ‘civilised’ Ukraine isn’t like Afghanistan (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel crossings topped 28,500 in 2021, official figures reveal (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Revealed: How fake passports allow IS members to enter Europe and US (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
White House plans expedited resettlement for Afghan refugees
(Axios) President Biden’s advisers are crafting a plan to accelerate bringing potentially thousands of Afghans to the U.S. from Qatar, according to a source with direct knowledge of the administration’s internal deliberations on the subject. Why it matters: As U.S. military leaders plan […]
Government & Politics
Belarusian leader accuses Lithuania of dumping dead migrants
(AP) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday accused Lithuanian authorities of dumping the bodies of migrants on the border between the two countries — a claim rejected by Lithuania amid soaring border tensions between Belarus and its European Union neighbors. Lukashenko also […]
Crime
Austria arrests 15 people suspected of smuggling migrants
(AP) Austrian authorities said Saturday they have arrested 15 people suspected of smuggling Syrian, Lebanese and Egyptian migrants into the country, and seized 14 vehicles that were used to transport them. Police in Lower Austria province said they opened an investigation last […]
Crime
Sailboats packed with migrants seek Italy in latest tactic
(AP) When the Taliban took Kabul in August, Zakia was six months pregnant and in her first year of university while her husband, Hamid, was working as an auditor. They decided to flee, and along with five relatives, began a two-month odyssey […]
Government & Politics
Poland’s, Lithuania’s PMs discuss higher security, migration
(AP) The prime ministers of Poland and Lithuania said Friday that tighter security at their borders with Belarus was the best way to ease pressure from migrant inflows there, as they expect what they called a “hybrid attack” from Belarus to continue. […]
Government & Politics
Polish troops, barbed wire reinforcing border with Belarus
(AP) Poland has deployed hundreds of troops and is laying barbed wire along its border with Belarus to stop the arrival of migrants seeking to enter the country, officials said Wednesday. Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said more than 900 Polish troops were […]
Government & Politics
Ukraine sends barbed wire to Lithuania for Belarus border
(AFP) Ukraine has sent more than 38 tonnes of barbed wire to Lithuania as “humanitarian aid” as the EU country struggles to stem an influx of illegal migrants from neighbouring Belarus, authorities said on Thursday. In July, Lithuania’s military started to put […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania struggles with migrant influx opened by Belarus
(AP) Mustafa Hussein Hamad kicked a dirty ball between two old tires in the schoolyard where he spends most of his time. He and dozens of other migrants are fenced in at an old school after walking at night through the thick […]
Government & Politics
Germany will fully support a European migrant pact — foreign minister to paper
(Reuters) Germany will fully support a European pact on migrants, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told Italian daily la Repubblica in an interview published on Monday, adding that progress on the distribution of the burden was finally needed. “We should find a key […]
Crime
Italy arrests fake ID gang linked to Vienna terror attack
(AFP) Italian police said Friday they arrested seven people accused of supplying fake identity papers to terrorists, including the suspect behind last year’s deadly attack in Vienna. The suspects, described as “eastern European citizens,” produced “thousands of forged documents, also for the […]
Government & Politics
Turkey fully committed to EU membership, Erdoğan says
(Daily Sabah) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan highlighted Turkey’s commitment to EU accession, as he said the country has been taking necessary steps to become a full member. “Turkey’s efforts in issues like democracy, human rights, rule of law and confidence in the […]
Crime
Daughter of murdered Muslim man calls for official Islamophobia definition (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Suspected illegal immigrants arrested on boat off East Anglia coast
(BBC) Sixty-nine suspected illegal immigrants and three crew members have been arrested after a fishing boat was intercepted off the coast of East Anglia, says the National Crime Agency. It has launched a people smuggling investigation after Border Force officials intercepted the […]
Government & Politics
Poland deports five Tajiks suspected of terrorism
(Radio Free Europe) The Polish authorities have deported five Tajik nationals suspected of having links to the Islamic State group and recruiting Poles and Ukrainian citizens for terrorist acts in Poland. Radio Poland reported on September 28 that four of the Tajik […]
Government & Politics
Hungary urges EU dialogue with Turkey to prevent new wave of migrants
(Reuters) The European Union should have a dialogue with Turkey despite Ankara’s offensive on Kurdish-led forces in Syria, in order to avoid a fresh wave of migrants coming to Europe, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday. Turkish troops and their […]