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| Wilders tells Netherlands hate speech trial 'I am no racist' [DeutscheWelle] Dutch right wing populist politician Geert Wilders has denied racially insulting Moroccans and inciting racial hatred. At the end of his latest hate speech trial, he said the proceedings were "against freedom of speech. Wilders, who leads the anti-immigration Freedom Party (PVV), remained unapologetic as his trial for alleged hate speech drew to a close on Wednesday. The 53-year-old, who had shunned the hearing until it reached its final few days, attended the high-security courthouse near Amsterdam's Schiphol, where he addressed the three-judge bench. Wilders claimed prosecutors, who he referred to as "puppets," and opposition politicians of directing a "political process" against him. "The court is being abused to settle a political score," Wilders told the bench. Prosecutors last week pressed for the court to impose a 5,000 euro ($5,300) fine on Wilders, who has said he will close mosques, ban Muslim immigrants and take the Netherlands out of the European Union, if voted into power at a general election in March next year. A verdict is set to be delivered by the court on December 9, with the hearing itself ending on Friday. Wilders was cleared of similar charges in 2011. German court aquits seven members of Wuppertal's 'Shariah police' [DeutscheWelle] A court in the western German city of Wuppertal has said that seven Islamists who formed a "shariah police" last year did not break any law. The men sparked outrage with their vigilante patrols in the city two years ago. Amsterdam mayor rejects broadcasting mosque’s call to prayer [IsraelTimes] Wester Mosque, Holland’s largest, asked that muezzin’s call be sounded from 42-meter-high minaret. When the mosque was initially constructed in 2005, its leaders agreed that the call to prayer would not be amplified from its minaret, according to local media reports. But when Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard van der Laan visited the mosque last week, congregants requested that the call be projected from loudspeakers. The mayor rejected the request immediately. Germany says some Syrians will not get full asylum [Ynet] A German state court says authorities are entitled to grant Syrians a form of protection that falls short of full asylum, a decision that goes against rulings by several lower courts. Germany's government resumed closer checks of Syrians' claims this year after a large influx of newcomers in 2015, and decided that migrants granted "subsidiary protection," short of formal asylum, would not be allowed to bring relatives to join them for two years. Some 94,000 Syrians have been granted that status. Many have sued successfully for more generous treatment. However, Schleswig-Holstein state's upper administrative court ruled Wednesday that Syrians who can not show that they were personally persecuted are not necessarily entitled to full asylum. It said there is no evidence that Syrian authorities automatically assume everyone who fled supports the opposition.
23 Nov 2016 3,000 migrants living in a camp in Bulgaria are on lockdown after reports that serious infectious diseases have been recorded among the group. Italy Report: ‘More Immigrants = More Crime’ 23 Nov 2016 There is a direct correlation between the number of immigrants entering the country and the rise in the crime rate, according to a report published Wednesday by the Italian daily, Il Giornale. Austrian Population Grows Solely Due to New Migrants 23 Nov 2016 The population of Austria is scheduled to grow by over one per cent because of the mass migration of asylum seekers – the highest rate of growth seen in the country since the 1990’s. German Santa Sacked After Sharing Anti-Child Marriage Post Online 23 Nov 2016 A Christmas market Santa Claus was sacked in Germany after sharing a post from the hipster-right Identitarian movement which called for action against the increasing number of child marriages in the country. 1,400 Migrants Rescued by Italian Coastguard in One Day 22 Nov 2016 (REUTERS) – Some 1,400 boat migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe have been rescued so far on Tuesday, Italy’s coastguard said, after at least 11 overcrowded boats set out from Libya amid calm seas. Swedish Govt: We Need to Build Whole New Cities to House Migrants 22 Nov 2016 A Green MP tasked with planning sustainable neighbourhoods in Sweden has said the government can build new cities to deal with an unprecedented demand for housing. Italy Set to Break Yearly Immigration Record in 2016 22 Nov 2016 With more than 168,500 migrants landing on Italian shores since January and more pouring in every day, 2016 promises to break previous records for the number of migrants arriving on the peninsula. Survey: France Ready To Embrace Populism 22 Nov 2016 A new survey has revealed a majority of voters support populist policies in France and elsewhere in Europe, but in Germany populism may have an uphill battle. Hungary Prisoners Complete Part of New Anti-Migrant Fence 22 Nov 2016 Hungarian prisoners have finished building the first part of a second anti-migrant fence on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia, state television reported on Monday. Swedish Handball Federation Publishes Arabic Rule Book 21 Nov 2016 The Swedish Handball Federation is releasing a new pamphlet teaching Arabic migrants how to play the game in order to attract more migrants into a sport dominated by native Swedes. AfD MEP Calls for Merkel to Be Investigated over Migrant Deaths
Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEP Beatrix von Storch has called for a “Merkel Investigation Committee” to be set up to probe the links between Angela Merkel’s open door immigration policy and the thousands of migrants lost at sea in the Mediterranean this year alone. Dutch Compromise over ‘Bed, Bath and Bread’ for Rejected Asylum Seekers Fails 21 Nov 2016 Year-long talks between the Dutch government and the country’s cities over whether to provide food and shelter for rejected asylum-seekers broke down on Monday, likely delaying a resolution until after national elections in Migrants Burn Down Hall: ‘There’s Not Enough Nutella and Gummibears!’ 21 Nov 2016 Migrants burned a conference hall down, injuring 26 people and causing €10 million in damage, during Ramadan because they thought there wasn’t enough chocolate and candy.
23/11/16 Palestinian Jamal Owda is accused of masterminding a gang which allegedly smuggled more than 50,000 Syrians into Europe in a £7million operation, which he ran from his asylum hostel in Liverpool Migrant riots force border staff to flee Greek islands: Camps set on fire as inhabitants grow frustrated at being stopped from reaching the mainland
Belgium has repatriated asylum staff amid fears for their safety as chaos continues in islands including Chios. Migrants are frustrated that they are being stopped from continuing to Europe. In the latest chaos, a camp on the island of Chios was torched after migrants were accused by police of stealing fireworks and alcohol from shops. Theo Francken, Belgium's migration secretary, pictured, said it was no longer safe for his staff to help process asylum applications | ||||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Thank you, Frank G. A good find -- Rantburg really is a team project! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-11-24 11:09 |
| #1 I linked to Wilder's speech in a Pg.2 post. It's good reading |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-11-24 09:41 |