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| Sentimental pap with seriously heretical underpinnings. The bishop needs to review his catechism before checking in with his archbishop. |
Nestled in a boat for a crib with a barbed-wire Christmas star, the infant Jesus was given a “contemporary face” by an Austrian Catholic bishop who claimed that “Jesus 2016 is a refugee in a boat”.
Orbán: EU Must Change After ‘Christians Murdered at Christmas’ in ‘Heart of Europe’
25 Dec 2016
Illegal migrants must be deported and Europe’s borders sealed shut, following the “unprecedented” attack in Berlin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said. “It is unprecedented that in the heart of Europe, Christians were murdered at Christmas”, Orbán said in an
Italian Politicians: We Are in a ‘Time of War’ as ‘Schengen Is Out of Control’
25 Dec 2016
Italian populist politicians Matteo Salvini and Beppe Grillo are calling for the Schengen zone to be suspended, Grillo calling Europe “a sieve” for terrorists and Salvani stating “we are at war”.
Archbishop of Vienna: Migrant Crisis Has Gone Too Far, Better to Help Asylum Seekers In Their Home Countries
24 Dec 2016
Vienna’s Cardinal Schönborn has made headlines after speaking out about the migrant crisis in a special Christmas discussion programme. Speaking in discussion with Protestant Bishop Michael Bünker on a faith issues roundup of 2016 on Austrian television, Cardinal Schönborn — a central European aristocrat
EU Chief: Borders Must Stay Open Despite Deadly Terror Attacks
24 Dec 2016
The best way to fight terror is with “openness”, European Union (EU) head Jean-Claude Juncker has said, stressing that Europe must continue to receive migrants in the wake of the deadly truck attack in Berlin.
Officials Alarmed After Discovering Young Migrants Watching Islamic State Videos
| Get photos, fingerprints, DNA, clone their cell phones, and send 'em home permanently. |
Officials in an asylum home in Germany have raised the alarm after discovering several young asylum seekers have been watching Islamic State propaganda films and may have been radicalised.
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27/12/16
The Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Schoenborn, said an 'unbelievable number' of refugees had come to Europe causing him to 'rethink' his stance on the issue. Cardinal Schoenborn called for more support for nations in Africa and the Middle East, in the hope that migrants 'could live in their homeland again', it has been reported. The 71-year-old, one of the favourites to become the next Pope, said he had become 'more cautious' in his attitude to migration.
Father of Syrian family locked in visa battle with Belgium's immigration minister is accused of fraud
27/12/16
Syrian businessman Mohamad Omar N., 38, applied at the Belgian consulate in Lebanon in August for a visa for his family from war-torn Aleppo. His visa was initially denied.
Seven migrants arrested after a homeless man was set on fire on Christmas Eve at a Berlin subway station
27/12/16
Six Syrian men and one Lybian, aged 15 to 21, are suspected of torching the victim at Schönleinstraße station (pictured) in the German city and police have opened an attempted murder investigation.
Is the Jungle reforming? Hundreds of refugees 'are returning to squalid camps' near notorious Calais shanty town just weeks after it was bulldozed
27/12/16
The sprawling Jungle migrant camp in Calais was razed in October with thousands of migrants transported around France to new official accommodation.
Migrant who is accused of raping and assaulting six women in Germany tells court he couldn't find a girlfriend and wanted to have sex
24/12/16
The 26-year-old from Pakistan, identified only as Asif M., is alleged to have approached the women on the street in Berlin, before dragging them away to assault them.
PETER OBORNE: How 2017 will see a civil war for the soul of Labour over immigration
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Labour was thrown into confusion this week by the resignation of Jamie Reed, the MP who represents the Cumbrian constituency of Copeland, writes PETER OBORNE
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26/12/16
It was posted in the wake of the Berlin terror truck attack, during which the German officials were criticized for allowing killer Anis Amri to roam out of the country to Italy undetected.
How combating the mafia helped Italy fight ISIS: Surveillance techniques and the help of organised crime are keeping extremists at bay, claim experts
24/12/16
Marco Lombardi, a terrorism expert at the Catholic University in Milan (pictured), said the same approach can help tackle terrorists as organised crime.