4 African migrants found dead near Spanish beaches[Ynet] Spanish police say the bodies of four African migrants have been found along the country's south coast. Local police confirmed to The Associated Press that two bodies were found on the coast of Algeciras Saturday morning. Two other bodies were found floating in the water in nearby Tarifa on Friday and Saturday. Police say two of the migrants were from Morocco and two from south of the Sahara Desert.
The Spanish government reinforced its border patrols in 2016, after thousands were able to reach European soil thru risky navigation across the Mediterranean.
Five migrants die in Mediterranean, 750 rescued
[AlAhram] Rescuers saved around 750 migrants from rubber and wooden boats in the central Mediterranean but recovered five dead bodies during the operations, the Italian coastguard said on Saturday. Coastguard and naval ships as well as privately owned fishing and merchant vessels rescued the people from six boats in the central Mediterranean over the last 24 hours, a coastguard spokesman said. He gave no details on the nationalities of those saved or those who died.
Hungary swears in its first batch of 'border hunters' who will patrol the country's razor-wire fence alongside soldiers to keep migrants out
12/01/17
[DailyMail] Members of the border protection officers' new unit attended their swearing-in ceremony in Budapest today, and will undergo six months of training before they go on duty
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14 Jan 2017
Two of seven suspects in a case of abduction and violent sexual assault have been jailed for four years each by a Swedish court, with the others released for lack of evidence. The two so-called “stateless refugees” — so identified
Masked Germans Hold Anti-Migrant Protest as Politicians Slam ‘NAfri’ Moniker
14 Jan 2017
A group of around a hundred masked Germans took to the streets of the city of Cottbus to protest North African migrants in what police are calling an illegal far-right march. The march, which took place Friday evening around 10
Cologne NYE: Police Claim More Syrians, Iraqis Were Stopped Than North Africans
14 Jan 2017
Two weeks after New Year’s Eve Cologne police have changed their report on who they identified on the night, saying most of the men were not North Africans but rather were from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Davos: NGO Boss Criticises U.S. Asylum Seeker Vetting, Tells EU Countries to Take ‘Fair Share’ of Migrants
14 Jan 2017
President of NGO International Rescue Committee David Miliband has criticised the thorough vetting of asylum seekers in the U.S. and told UE countries to “play their part” and respond to the “relocation claims” of migrants.
Investigation Launched After Pig Heads Hung On Site of Future Mosque
13 Jan 2017
The Dijon prosecutor has launched an investigation after a number of pig heads were hung on the gates of a building recently purchased by an Islamic association prior to its conversion to a place of worship.
Parish Centre Vandalised, Islamist Slogans Written on Walls
13 Jan 2017
Vandals “devastated” a Christian parish centre in Germany, writing Islamist slogans on the walls, in another example of an attack on a Christian site during the New Year.
African Migrant Sentenced for Rape of 15-Year-Old Girl
13 Jan 2017
A 24-year-old Ghanian asylum seeker has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison after admitting to having raped a 15-year-old girl last summer in the German city of Duisburg.
Just 368 of 8,000 Rejected North African Asylum Seekers Deported in 2016
13 Jan 2017
The German government has taken in tens of thousands of migrants from North Africa over the course of the migrant crisis and of the 8,363 who have been rejected for asylum only 368 were actually deported in 2016.
Hungarian Journalist Who Kicked Migrants Gets Three Years Probation
12 Jan 2017
SZEGED, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian camerawoman who was filmed kicking and possibly tripping migrants along the country’s border with Serbia was sentenced Thursday to three years’ probation for disorderly conduct. Petra Laszlo, who appeared in the Szeged District Court
Criminals Smuggling Migrants to Britain for as Little as £112
12 Jan 2017
With weather conditions worsening, criminal people-smuggling gangs are offering to help illegal migrants reach the UK for as little as £112, reports the Daily Express.
German Police Union Chief Warns of Potential No-Go Zones
11 Jan 2017
German Police Union chief Rainer Wendt has warned of the possibility of “police free areas” in which police and other authorities will be unable to enforce the law.
Deportation of 62 Islamists Stalls Over Lack of Identification Papers
11 Jan 2017
The German government has identified 62 dangerous Islamists that it wants to deport to their native countries but is having issues because many of them lack proper identification. Germany has been having great difficulty deporting failed asylum seekers who come mainly from
Police Hunt ‘Africans’ After Nurse Lured Into Park By Fake Cries For Help and Sexually Assaulted
10 Jan 2017
German police are hunting “five black Africans” after a nurse was lured into a city park after her shift and sexually assaulted.
Six Migrants Arrested Over Innsbruck NYE Sex Attacks
10 Jan 2017
Austrian police arrested six Afghan migrants in connection with the widely reported spate of sex attacks that occurred in Innsbruck on New Year’s Eve.
Austrian Prosecutors Look To Charge Populist Politician Over ‘Hate Posts’
10 Jan 2017
Prosecutors in Tyrol are seeking to strip parliamentary immunity from a politician of the anti-mass migration Freedom Party (FPÖ) over “hate posts” made to his Facebook page by other users.
Education Minister Proposes ‘Digital Literacy Classes’ to Combat ‘Fake News’
10 Jan 2017
Austrian Education Minister Sonja Hammerschmid has proposed the introduction of “digital literacy classes” for children in compulsory education to teach them how to differentiate between real news and so-called “fake news.”
€6bn Deal Has Seen Turkey Send Three Times as Many Migrants to Europe as It Has Taken Back
9 Jan 2017
The European Union’s six-billion-euro deal with Turkey has seen the Eurasian republic take back just 801 migrants, while 2,672 have been transferred to the crisis-hit continent, reports Deutsche Welle.
Manhunt for Syrian Migrant Plotting Toxic Gas Attacks on British Seaside Towns
9 Jan 2017
German police are said to have uncovered evidence of a plot to carry out chemical attacks in British seaside towns while raiding a huge migrant camp, according to the Sunday Express.
Austrian Intel: Extra 15 Million Africans Could Migrate Unless EU Acts
9 Jan 2017
Europe will see a huge increase in Africans migrating to its shores in the next few years if Brussels fails to protect the borders, according to Austrian military intelligence.
EU Leaders Furious About Austrian Plan to Build Asylum Centres Outside Block
8 Jan 2017
Liberal European Union (EU) leaders have attacked Austria for proposing asylum centres are created outside the block to help solve the migrant crisis.
Germany’s Frontier State’s New Migrant Plan: ‘Germany Must Remain Germany’
7 Jan 2017
A senior coalition partner in Angela Merkel’s government is to present an action plan to solve Germany’s migrant crisis on Tuesday, with local media reporting the document’s title as “So that Germany remains Germany”. The document is understood to be the
Undercover Journo Report: Migrant Centres ‘Breeding Ground for Terrorists’
7 Jan 2017
An undercover journalist who posed as a migrant in 35 German refugee shelters has said the facilities are a “breeding ground for salafists and terrorists” and migrants can easily register multiple times to cheat the system and receive handouts.
Italy Deports Extremist Muslim Who Lived In Europe Since Infancy To Tunisia
7 Jan 2017
ROME (AP) — Italy has expelled a Tunisian man accused of religious extremism and befriending a jailed would-be foreign fighter, the country’s latest effort to crack down on the radicalization of young Muslims by getting rid of them. The Interior
Landlords in Germany Refuse to Rent to Political Parties After Attacks
7 Jan 2017
Political parties of the right and the left are having a hard time finding office space in Eastern Germany as landlords refuse to rent to them because of extremist vandalism and attacks. The anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the
Near Half of Sex Attack Suspects in Hamburg Were ‘Non-Germans’ In 2015
7 Jan 2017
A new report from the Hamburg parliament by the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) showed that 45.5 percent of suspects in sex attacks in 2015 were non-Germans. On Friday the AfD faction in the Hamburg parliament published a new
Intelligence Agency Warns Of 15 Million African Migrant Surge By 2020
7 Jan 2017
New estimates revealed by the Austrian Military Intelligence agency show that the migrant crisis is far from over as they predict a surge of economic migrants from West Africa in the coming years. The report by the intelligence agency showed