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Europe
European Migrant Adventures
2016-02-27
Syrian Asylum-Seeker Accused of War Crimes in Sweden

[AnNahar] Mohamad Abdullah, 31, who arrived in Sweden in July 2015, admitted to being a member of the regime in his home country, but not a fighter. The case against Abdullah, who was arrested on Tuesday, was based on photographs and other information that appeared on social media, Reena Devgun, a prosecutor with the Swedish International Public Prosecution Office, told AFP after the closed-door hearing.

Germany 130,000 Registered Migrants Misplaced
Are any of them the 5,000 jihadis Interpol expects are currently wandering through the landscape?
Russia Halts Deportation of Syrian Asylum Seekers after Outcry

[AnNahar] All three men had been living and working in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan
...a formerly inoffensive Caucasus republic currently bedevilled by low-level Islamic insurgency, occasional outbreaks of separatism, ethnic tensions and terrorism, primarily due to its proximity to Chechnya. There are several dozen ethnic groups, most of which speak either Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian languages. Largest among these ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, and Laks. While Russers form less than five percent of the population, Russian remains the primary official language and the lingua franca...
. Two arrived on valid visas that had run out while one traveled to Russia using a relative's passport, The Civic Assistance Committee said.

Russia takes in very few refugees from any war-torn country. Last month the head of the Federal Migration Service Konstantin Romodanovsky said that 1,000 Syrians applied for temporary asylum last year and there are currently just over 7,000 Syrians living in Russia. Temporary asylum is for one year but can be extended.

135 Afghan Migrants 'Voluntarily' Head Home from Germany, Says IOM

Germany Tries Three Migrants for Thefts in New Years Eve Chaos

Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia to Cap Daily Migrant Arrivals at 580
100,000 already arrived in Europe in 2016
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