What does 'nation' mean to people in the Netherlands?
[DW] Nationalism is on the rise in many places in the world, including the Netherlands. On the first trip for the series #NewNationalism, DW's Fanny Facsar tries to find out what people mean when they speak of their "nation."
Germany jails neo-Nazis planning attacks on asylum seekers
[IsraelTimes] A German court on Wednesday sentences members of a neo-Nazi group to up to five years in prison for forming a “terror organization” that planned to attack a home for asylum seekers. The four — three men and a 24-year-old woman identified as Denise Vanessa G. — were arrested in May 2015, two days before they planned to strike at the migrant shelter in the eastern state of Saxony.
Known as the “Old School Society,” their choice of weapon was modified “pyrotechnic explosives, particularly in the form of fire and nail bombs,” which they were planning to hurl into a refugee home, the prosecutor had said.
The ringleader Andreas H., 58, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison while his second-in-command Marcus W., 41, got five years. The group’s “spokesman” Olaf G., 31, was given three years while the only woman obtained three years and 10 months.
The four met on the internet in 2014.
German prosecutors charge man with ISIS membership
[Ynet] Federal prosecutors say they have charged a 23-year-old German man with membership in a terrorist organization for joining the Islamic State group in Syria. In a statement Thursday, prosecutors said Anil O. traveled to Syria in August 2015 with the intention of working as a medic for the group.
Prosecutors said O., whose last name wasn't published due to German privacy law, soon became disillusioned with IS after seeing how it treated fellow Muslims. They said he tried several times to flee IS-held territory, succeeding in January. He returned to Germany in September last year and was arrested at Duesseldorf airport.
Swedish Minister: Country Needs to Integrate Returning Islamic State Fighters
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Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke has suggested that Swedes who left to fight for radical Islamist groups in the Middle East should be welcomed back and helped to integrate into society.
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17/03/17
Authorities have expressed concern that some asylum-seekers from Arab countries are claiming to be from Syria in hopes of increasing their chances of staying in Germany
Asylum seeker who lied to authorities that he was a child before 'raping and murdering EU official's daughter' in Germany attempts suicide in prison
16/03/17
Hussein Khavari, from Afghanistan, who is accused of killing Maria Ladenburger, 19, in Freiburg, Germany, tried to strangle himself in a maximum security prison, according to authorities.
Teenage migrant 'raped and strangled 90-year-old German woman as she left church after he demanded money from her and she said she didn't have any'
16/03/17
A Spanish-Moroccan migrant, aged 19, is accused of rape, bodily harm and theft following the attack on October 2 in Dusseldorf.
Hundreds of thousands of life jackets piled 15 feet high lie discarded by refugees arriving in Greek tourist hotspot a year after EU deal sought to stem the flow of migrants
16/03/17
The piles of jackets were left by refugees who arrived on the island of Lesbos. The pictures were taken almost a year after the signing of a EU-Turkey deal that sought to stem the flow of migrants.
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18 March
In a remarkably blunt analysis of the massive migration from North Africa to Italy in 2016, the European Frontex agency has denounced human traffickers’ exploitation of NGOs to efficiently transport African migrants from Libya to Italy.
Turkish Minister: ‘Send 15,000 Migrants a Month to Europe to Shock Them’
17 March
Turkey’s Foreign Minister has suggested directing tens of thousands of migrants to the European Union (EU) as a form of retaliation for European leaders blocking his government holding Islamism rallies in their countries.
| That sure sounds like an act of war to me... |
16 March
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Thursday to scrap a deal with the European Union to readmit migrants who have crossed illegally into Europe, amid a standoff with European nations over their reluctance to allow Turkish ministers to hold campaign rallies in their countries.
EU Says 1.2 Million Sought Asylum in Bloc Last Year
16 March
The European Union’s statistical agency says more than 1.2 million people applied for asylum in the bloc last year, mostly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis.
Migrant Crime and Violence Soars in German States
14 March
Authorities in two German states have expressed concern over official figures showing a huge rise in migrant crime, with the number of violent attacks having almost doubled in 2016.
Merkel Warned Support Being ‘Destroyed’ by Failure to Deport 500,000 Asylum Seekers
14 March
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been warned public support is being “destroyed” by the fact her government has so far failed to deport half a million rejected asylum seekers.
Claim: Merkel Let Migrants in Only to Avoid Televised Border Clashes
13 March
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on the brink of closing the border at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015, but changed her mind because she feared clashes with border police would look bad on television, a book has claimed.
Hungary: 94 Migrants in Detention Launch Hunger Strike
13 March
Hungary’s immigration and asylum office says 94 of 102 asylum-seekers detained in a closed reception center have launched a hunger strike, demanding to be set free.
Report: Who Is Profiting from the Multi-$Billion Business of European Immigration?
13 March
A new report suggests that huge economic interests lurk behind a number of NGOs and cooperatives dedicated to bringing as many immigrants as possible into Europe.
Fewer than One in Five Foreign Rapists Deported from Sweden
13 March
Only 19 per cent of foreign rapists registered as Swedish residents were deported from the troubled Scandinavian country between 2010 and 2014, according to government figures.
Investigation Opened Into Possible New Human Trafficking Route
12 March
Police in eastern Spain opened an investigation into a suspected human trafficking route after discovering two trucks carrying Iraqi migrants in less than a month. A civil guard spokeswoman told The Associated Press Sunday that an
Austrian Chancellor Calls for EU Countries Who Refuse to Take Migrants to Have Funding Cut
12 March
The Austrian Chancellor has called for European Union (EU) countries who refuse to take in migrants to have their funding cut as punishment – despite his own country being one of three to refuse its migrant quota.