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Europe
 Arrivals of migrants to EU by sea two-thirds lower in 2016[Ynet] The number of migrants reaching the European Union by sea fell by two-thirds in 2016 due to a migration deal with Turkey but arrivals in Italy from north Africa hit an all-time high, the EU said on Friday. The deal concluded in March provides Turkey with billions of euros as long as it keeps refugees on its territory and stops people smugglers from moving them across the Aegean to Greece. It also involved promises to Ankara of financial aid, visa-free travel to much of the EU and accelerated membership talks, which have all been put on hold because of Turkey's crackdown on critics after a failed military coup last July. Migrants still making the journey across the western Mediterranean mainly came from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, the EU's border agency Frontex said. Charlie Hebdo journalist quits, says paper has gone soft on Islamists [IsraelTimes] On 2-year anniversary of terror attack, columnist Zineb el Razhoui says magazine ‘died on January 7,’ criticizes decision to stop drawing Muhammad. Fake news warning in Germany after Muslim ‘mob’ story [IsraelTimes] Tens of thousands clicked and shared the Breitbart.com story with the headline “Revealed: 1,000-Man Mob Attack Police, Set Germany’s Oldest Church Alight on New Year’s Eve.” It said the men had “chanted ‘Allahu Akhbar’ (God is Greatest), launched fireworks at police, and set fire to a historic church,” while also massing “around the flag of al-Qaeda and Islamic State collaborators the ‘Free Syrian Army’.” The local newspaper charged that Breitbart had combined and exaggerated unconnected incidents to create a picture of chaos and of foreigners celebrating terrorism. Stray fireworks did indeed start a small blaze, but only on netting covering scaffolding on the church, and it was put out after about 12 minutes, it said. The roof was not on fire and the church is not Germany’s oldest. Dortmund police Thursday said its officers had handled 185 missions that night, sharply down from 421 the previous year.
6 Jan 2016 German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is considering setting a flexible limit on the number of migrants allowed into the country each year. Police Chief After Terror Raids: Muslims Are Our Stand Out Suspects 6 Jan 2016 Upper Austria’s chief of police has spoken out on the nature of the terror threat and rising crime in his central European nation, detailing the extent of operations his officers have undertaken since the Islamist attack on a Christmas market in neighbouring Germany in December. Integration Expert: Ban Headscarves for Public Employees 6 Jan 2016 An Austrian integration expert has advised the government that public employees should be banned from wearing Islamic headscarves in the workplace. Majority of Poles Do Not Want Middle Eastern Migrants in Poland, Prefer Culturally Similar Ukrainians 6 Jan 2016 Two-thirds of Poles reject the European Union (EU) redistribution of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, and more than half do not want to accept any asylum seekers at all, a new poll reveals. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-07 |
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