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Norway records lowest asylum seeker numbers since 1995
4 January
[The!ocal.no] The number asylum applications received by Norway in the final months of 2017 were at their lowest since 1995.

German doctors reject mandatory age tests for asylum seekers
2 January 2018
[DW] The German Medical Association has said mandatory age tests for refugees are ethically wrong and imprecise. Calls to enforce testing have intensified after a teenage girl was killed, allegedly by a young Afghan refugee.

The tests have to date been voluntary and can be requested by asylum seekers or refugees who want to prove their age and also by the authorities. But the use of X-rays in age determination is now mandatory only in criminal cases. The method is known as roentgen arthroscopy, in which doctors assess a young person's age by checking their physical appearance, their teeth and also, if needed, by X-raying hand bones or the clavicle.

Young asylum seekers and refugees who are found to be 18 or under are taken into youth accommodation and given a legal guardian. They receive financial and other support, they go to school and could eventually gain the right to bring their parents to Germany.

'Historic' turning point in Italy's migrant crisis
31 December
[TheLocal.it] While migrants who made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean in rickety boats still numbered nearly 119,000, it was a roughly one-third drop over the previous year.

Between January and June, Italy saw a nearly 20 percent jump in the number of migrants arriving by sea, while asylum applications exploded as its EU neighbours -- France, Switzerland and Austria -- had closed their borders. But everything began to change in July as migrant boat departures from Libya suddenly dropped. The downward trend continued to the point that sea arrivals over the past six months have fallen by 70 percent compared with the same period last year.

The drop has been attributed to a controversial combination of an Italian-led boosting of the Libyan coastguard's ability to intercept boats and efforts to seek the assistance of powerful militias. There have also been moves to tighten Libya's southern borders, accelerate repatriations directly from Libya and measures to stem the flow of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa through transit states such as Niger and Sudan. It seemed to pay off as in early December, with the Libyan navy saying a total of 80,000 migrants were rescued or intercepted in 2017.

Migrant stowaway crushed by truck's cargo near Calais
29 December
[TheLocal.fr] An Eritrean migrant was crushed to death in northern France on Friday after the truck in which he had stowed away crashed near Calais port, authorities said. The 31-year-old was the fourth migrant to die this year in the area around the port, a launchpad for attempts by migrants to smuggle across the Channel to England. He was buried under several tonnes of paper rolls bound for a British customer after the driver lost control of the truck and it overturned, regional security officials said.

Italy to send almost 500 troops to Niger to stem migrant flow: PM
28 December
[TheLocal.it] Agadez, the main city in central Niger, has become a revolving door for economic migrants seeking to reach Europe via Libya, winning notoriety as Africa's people-smuggling capital.

"We are going to Niger following a request by the government at the start of December to... reinforce the security measures in the territory and at the borders and to support the police force," he said.

He said Niger was "the main transit country" in Africa for Europe-bound migrants, adding that it was also "perhaps the most willing to cooperate in this matter as it is a transit country," and does not receive remittances from migrants settled abroad.

The soldiers being sent to Niger have mainly served in Iraq and Kuwait.

From Breitbart - Europe migrant crisis:
Italy Announces ‘Rebound’ of the Political Right, ‘Collapse’ of the Left
5 January
In the lead-up to national elections, research indicates that Italians have swung significantly to the right in the past five years, with those who self-identify as “liberals” or “progressives” falling by nearly 50 per cent.

Spain Brings 55 Sub-Saharan Migrants Across Mediterranean
3 January
Spain’s maritime rescue service says it has rescued 55 migrants from a boat in which they were trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The service says a non-governmental organization warned authorities on Tuesday about the boat with

Populist Leader Says German Censorship Law Is ‘Direct Attack on Freedom of Speech’
2 January
The deputy leader of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has slammed Germany’s new censorship law, calling the measure a “direct attack” on free speech.

From the Daily Mail - immigration:
Austria’s far-right deputy leader wants to house asylum seekers in disused barracks and impose curfews to restore ‘order’
05/01/18
Heinz-Christian Strache said the plan should be introduced amongst other drastic measures, such as taking money and mobile phones from new arrivals, to combat Europe’s ‘open’ migration policy

Influx of young male migrants fuelled a rise in violent crime in Germany, study funded by Merkel's government says
03/01/18
Data from the Lower Saxony region showed that between 2015 and 2016, when more than a million migrants arrived in Germany, there was a 10 per cent rise in violent crime caused by refugees.

Revealed: Royal Navy sailors have rescued 18,000 migrants from the Med and dropped them off in Europe
03/01/18
Marines armed with SA-80 assault rifles have also smashed up and burned 162 smuggling gang boats during their two and a half year migrant mission in the Mediterranean Sea.

From Breitbart - immigration:
Asylum Seeker on the Run After Attacking Several People with an Axe
6 January
A 29-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker, formerly living at an asylum home in the German town of Rees, is on the run after robbing several residents of the town and attacking them with an axe.

Mourners, Pro-Diversity Activists Clash at Vigil of Child Murdered by Asylum Seeker
5 January
Mourners and a pro-diversity group rioted in the town of Kandel this week during a vigil dedicated to the 15-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by an Afghan asylum seeker.

Poland and Hungary Unite Against Eurocrats: ‘We Don’t Want to Live in an Empire’
4 January
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland have predicted a “year of great battles” with the EU establishment at a summit in Budapest.

Somalian Asylum Seeker Broke into Hospital to Rape Woman Giving Birth
4 January
A 38-year-old Somali man has been arrested after attempting to rape a 43-year-old pregnant woman in a hospital in Rome after he was able to sneak into the facility and dress up like a member of staff. The incident occurred at the Sant’Eugenio

Migrants Protest Living Conditions in Italian Mountain Welcome Center
4 January
Dozens of African asylum-seekers took to the streets this week to protest the conditions in their Italian welcome center, including the lack of variety in the food, insufficient medical facilities and issues of cleanliness and hygiene.

French Car Burning Continues to Rise as Experts Insist the Acts of Arson Are ‘Playful’, Not Political
3 January
Car burnings have become a tradition across France over New Year’s with the latest figures showing an increase in arson, But some experts claim the motive behind the attacks is simple boredom.

Hungary: ‘The Left-Liberal World Has Had Its Day’
3 January
The left-wing, pro-mass migration world has had its day as it is impossible to talk about reality “with pointless political correctness that leads nowhere”, according to Hungary’s government spokesman.

Spate of New Year’s Eve Sex Attacks in Berlin and Cologne
2 January
There has been a spate of sexual assaults on New Year’s Eve in Berlin and Cologne, Germany.

‘Cowardly and Criminal Lynching of Police’: France NYE Mob Attack on Female Officer Caught on Video
2 January
New Year’s Eve celebrations in France led to national outcry after footage of a female police officer being savagely attacked surfaced, among reports that over 1,000 cars were burned overnight and 510 arrests took place.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-07
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