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| 2016-04-14 | ||||
| Migrant Deportations Rise Sharply in Germany [AnNahar] Germany deported 60 percent more migrants last year than in 2014, the government said Wednesday, with figures from January and February showing that the pace of repatriations further accelerating. Some 22,369 people were forcibly returned to their countries of origin in 2015, up from 13,851 the previous year. In the first two months of this year close to 4,500 people were repatriated -- twice as many as in January and February 2015. Germany, which last year let in a record 1.1 million migrants and refugees, has been ramping up efforts to deport those who have failed to win asylum. Meanwhile, the number of asylum seekers who have voluntarily left Germany also rose sharply, from 13,573 in 2014 to 37,200 in 2015. From January to March this year, voluntary repatriations reached 14,095.
An internationally wanted terrorist was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant at Stockholm airport this morning in the departure hall. The man, who is not known to be an ordinary resident of Sweden, has not been identified by name but has revealed to be a member of the banned Kurdish PKK organisation. He was to fly to Turkey from Stockholm, reports Aftonbladet. Other than that he is wanted by Germany, no more details have been released. Sweden’s secret police, the SAPO, are investigating. 13/04/2016 – HOLLABRUN, Austria – Migrant Home Closed After Accusations of Rape An asylum home in the Austrian city of Hollabrun has been closed after a 13 year-old girl was sexually abused. The offender has been caught and is now in custody but the authorities have shut down the centre until further notice because there is a kindergarten in the same building and do not want to risk the safety of the other children. 22 asylum seekers lived in the building and the government is looking for another location to house them away from children, reports ORF. 13/04/2016 – IDOMENI, Greece – Three German Open Borders Activists Arrested Greek police arrested three German nationals in Idomeni who are accused of circulating rumors among migrants to get them to storm the Macedonian border. Police found alcohol and a knife on one of the Germans and said to media that NGO’s and activists are creating tensions along the border, reports Speigel. 13/04/2016 – WESTPHALIA, Germany – Police Raid 33 Asylum Homes German federal police raided 33 asylum homes in one day looking for illegal migrants and migrants who had forged identity papers. Migrants were fingerprinted and all suspicious North Africans were taken away or made to claim asylum if they had not already done so. The raid was to combat the some 500,000 unregistered migrants living in asylum homes, reports Die Welt.
Five Iraqis are suspected of abducting a 23 year old man off the street in Gavle, Sweden on the fourth of April. The man was pulled into a car in the centre of town which “screeched its tyres” as it made the getaway. Sweden’s Friatider reports one woman has been arrested in connection to the disappearance of the man, who is not a Swedish citizen, and are now seeking witnesses. 13/04/2016 – VARMLAND, Sweden – Migrant puts knife to two year old girls’ neck Police were called to a Swedish asylum centre last week after a 31 year old migrant placed a knife at the throat of a two year old girl and threatened to cut it. When another man attempted to save the child, the migrant and his brother beat the would-be rescuer. Both men have been arrested, reports Sweden Radio Varmland.
Macedonia uses tear gas on migrants trying to pull down border fence while Italy rescues 4,000 in the Mediterranean in the past two days - sparking fears of 'alarming' rise in illegal sea crossings Greek authorities say Macedonian police resorted to crowd control measures in an attempt to stop about 30 people from trying to get over the razor-wire border fence using blankets. Greece is given two weeks to come up with a new plan to regain control of its borders or risk being thrown out of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone The country, which introduced temporary border control last year in a bid to stem the influx of migrants travelling from Turkey, has been told it must get a plan in place before April 26.
A man who sparked a major security alert at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was a homeless Polish citizen who claimed to be a "terrorist," Dutch military police said Wednesday. The 25-year-old man, who was carrying two backpacks, made the claim, "under the influence of alcohol," the police said in a statement after interrogating him. The man's identity was not released. | ||||
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