Police break up clashes between African migrants in Calais
1 July
[AlAhram] Riot police stepped in to break up clashes among some 100 African migrants armed with sticks and rocks in the northern French city of Calais on Saturday, local police said, following similar brawls the night before. The fighting pitting Eritreans against Ethiopians left 16 migrants injured and around 10 have been arrested, police official Etienne Desplanques told AFP.
Security forces used tear gas to break up Friday's brawls, according to deputy mayor of Calais Philippe Mignonet.
Talks in Paris on Sunday on Italy's Migrant Crisis
1 July
[AnNahar] The interior ministers of France, Germany and Italy will meet in Paris on Sunday to discuss a "coordinated approach" to help Italy deal with hordes of migrants arriving in its ports, a source said. Italy on Wednesday threatened to suddenly stop vessels from other countries disembarking migrants at its ports after rescuing them in the Mediterranean. W140
Italy threatens to turn away foreign ships with rescued migrants
28 June
[DW] Italy's envoy to the EU has said it is unsustainable for all migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean to land on his country's shores. Over 10,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Italy over the last few days.
Swedish asylum centre fires may have been started by same person: police
25 June
[TheLocal.se] Police suspect two fires at an asylum centre near Ystad last week to have been started deliberately, but have so far not made any arrests. Police are unable to say whether the asylum centre will reopen.
Analysis: Rome mayor's anti-migrant stance signals a shift to the right for the Five Star Movement
22 June
[TheLocal.it] Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has dramatically changed her tune on migration in recent weeks, in a shift to the right echoed by the Five Star Movement party's leader Beppe Grillo. The shift gives an insight into how both party politics and the migrant situation in Italy's cities have changed over the past year, writes migration researcher Nando Sigona.
The letter to the ministry is seen as part of a strategic alignment of the M5S towards more traditional right-wing politics. Other signals of this shift include migrants with insecure legal status being forcibly evicted from squats, tougher anti-begging measures introduced in Rome and a call by Beppe Grillo for Roma camps to be closed down.
Switzerland looks to tighten anti-terror laws
22 June
[TheLocal.ch] The Swiss federal government has launched a period of consultation on proposed new legislation that would toughen penalties for terrorists and those supporting terror organizations. The measures will replace the current temporary ban on terror organizations including Al-Qaida and Islamic State with new, more specific, legislation making it a criminal offence to recruit people for a terror group, receive terrorist training or travel abroad for the purposes of terrorism.
According to intelligence figures up until this May 65 people have left Switzerland to join terror groups abroad, with an additional 23 unconfirmed cases, said news agencies. Among those 23 are thought to have died and an estimated 14 have returned.
So... are they no-go zones? What you need to know about Sweden's vulnerable areas
21 June
[TheLocal.se] The Swedish police have released a new report on vulnerable areas in Sweden. The Local takes a closer look at what that actually means. Summary: "Vulnerable areas" are poor and crime-ridden. "Especially vulnerable areas" are poor, crime-ridden, terrified, rife with religious extremism, and the police must go carefully. The number of each is increasing and becoming more violent. The communities in each category are listed at the link.
‘Paranoid’ man causes terror fears in Lausanne metro
20 June
[TheLocal.ch] The 30-year-old Swiss resident, of west African origin, was arrested after he shouted the phrase – meaning ‘God is greatest’ – at the Bessières metro stop at around 1.30pm, causing panic among people using the M2 metro line.
“We wondered if we were going to hear an explosion behind us,” said the witness. Several people then called the police.
Interviewed by the authorities, the man said he was having a paranoid episode and was calling upon God to help him, reported 24 Heures. Charged with making threats causing public alarm, the man has been released from custody pending a hearing. Examined by a doctor, he was judged to be neither a flight risk nor a threat, said the paper.
Norwegian Muslim plans liberal mosque in Oslo
20 June
[TheLocal.no] A new, gay-friendly mosque planned in Oslo will allow female imams and men and women praying together. The mosque, which will be located in the centre of the Norwegian capital, will be called Masjid al-Nisa’ (The Women’s Mosque), reports media Vårt Land. Via the organisation Skeiv Verden (Offbeat World), Thee Yezen al-Obaide has also set up an informal network for gay Muslims in Norway, he said. The project is still in its initial stages, but its founder said he hopes to be able to open the mosque next year.
A liberal mosque with a similar taboo-breaking concept opened last week in Berlin, with a female imam and women and men praying side by side. Scandinavia's first female-led mosque held its first Friday prayers in Copenhagen in August 2016. Unlike al-Obaide’s and the Berlin mosque, the Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen is open only to women.
China, the United States, Canada, Germany, Belgium and Denmark are currently the only countries with female imams.
Ramadan prayers at Catholic site spark controversy in Granada
13 June
[TheLocal.es] At sunset on Saturday evening dozens of Muslims from across Spain’s southern city of Granada gathered in a park in the city and prayed together before breaking their daily Ramadan fast.
The gathering was sanctioned by authorities at City Hall and welcomed by the Socialist mayor Francisco Cuenca as an act demonstrating Granada as a “city of co-existence and tolerance”. But the chosen place for the prayers – in the Jardines del Triunfo – provoked outrage from some quarters because it is the site of a Virgin Mary statue that is revered by Roman Catholics in the city.
"Mr. Paco Cuenca confuses tolerance and religious respect with provocation. Call for Muslim Prayers at the Virgin of Triumph ??" tweeted Luis Salvador, an MP from Ciudadanos party representing Granada.
Granada was the seat of Islamic rule for almost eight hundred years until the reconquest under the Catholic King Fernando and Queen Isabel in 1492
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30 June
Germany is clamping down on election rallies by foreign officials following a spat with Turkey ahead of that country’s constitutional referendum. Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer says all embassies were informed Friday that they will have to
The Secret to Italy’s Successful Efforts Battling Islamic Terrorism
30 June
As France, Belgium and the UK are pummeled by repeated deadly acts of Islamic terror, Italy has remained relatively unscathed, leading many to wonder aloud wherein lies the key to Italy’s successful counterterrorism efforts.
OECD: Last Year Saw Record Migration and those Migrants Won’t Be Leaving
30 June
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) say last year a total of five million migrants flowed into industrialised countries – and those countries should be prepared for the migrants to stay.
Historian: Europe Has Learned Nothing from 2015, Next Migrant Crisis Only a Matter of Time
29 June
German historian Hans Peter Schwarz claims that European leaders have learnt nothing from the migrant crisis in 2015 and the continent is ill-prepared to deal with the next inevitable crisis.
Hungarian PM: We Won’t Let ‘Europe’s Kingmaker’ Soros Have the Last Laugh
29 June
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has denounced globalist mass migration financier George Soros, calling him a “speculator operating an extensive mafia network” of NGOs and people traffickers.
Italy Demands Non-Italian Ships Banned from Bringing Migrants to Its Shores
28 June
Italy is seeking increased support from the European Union as it deals with a huge wave of migrant arrivals, including a reported proposal to limit the types of ships that can offload migrants in Italian ports.
African Migrants Arrested After Sexually Assaulting Swedish Women and Girls as Young as Eleven
28 June
Two African migrants have been arrested and charged with sexual assault after sexually abusing multiple women and young girls including an 11-year-old.
Europe Taking in Five Times the Number of Migrants Agreed from Turkey
28 June
European Union countries are taking in far more migrants from Turkey than required by the migrant agreement, with Germany taking in more than a third of the migrants.
Court Investigating Pro-Migrant NGO for People Smuggling
27 June
Dresden-based migrant rescue NGO “Mission Lifeline” is now under investigation from Saxony prosecutors who allege they group may be participating in people smuggling. The members of “Mission Lifeline” have yet to set sail into the Mediterranean and are already under
State of ‘Collapse’: Italy Overwhelmed as 13,500 African Migrants Arrive in Past Two Days
27 June
Italy’s migrant welcome centers are in a state of “collapse” as huge waves of African migrants take advantage of the temperate climate to make the crossing from Libya to the Italian peninsula.
German Police: Asylum Seekers Are Taking over Illegal Drug Trade
26 June
Police in the northern German region of Schleswig-Holstein have expressed concern over finding more and more asylum seekers involved in peddling illegal narcotics and fear the drug gangs could take over the area using violence.
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01/07/17
Lucio Malan said aid agencies and charities running rescue ships should stop bringing them to his country and take them to the nearest coast instead. The senator, from the centre-Right People of Freedom party, spoke after Italy threatened to turn away charity boats packed with rescued migrants from Africa. He claimed that the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean was so regular it was not a rescue but ‘public transport’.
Germans now the MINORITY in Frankfurt: More than half of residents in the city have a migrant background, official figures show
29/06/17
The figures show 51.2 per cent of people living in Frankfurt are either non-German, German citizens born abroad or Germans who are the children of immigrants.
Migrant chaos on the Costas: Spain's holiday beaches are the new backdoor to Europe. The result? Tragic drownings and police overwhelmed amid fears ISIS may be smuggling in terrorists
29/06/17
Last week, 1,025 migrants arrived illegally on the Andalusia coast where thousands of Brits go on holiday. Every day, more come on what is now the fastest-growing sea route from Africa to Europe.
Two women, aged 52 and 36, face jail for having sex with 'unaccompanied children' at Danish migrant shelter
28/06/17
The women, who were employed at Børnecenter Tullebølle in Denmark, allegedly had sex with two 17-year-olds between January and July last year before the centre was shuttered.
Police fire tear gas on around 400 mainly African migrants trying to march into France near Italy's 'mini-Calais'
27/06/17
The group marched towards the French border from the northern Italian town of Ventimiglia in the early hours of this morning before they were stopped.
Migrant gang targets British grandparents driving through Paris 'to steal their BMW's UK number plate'
25/06/17
Peter and Jill Stubbs, from Helston, Cornwall, were travelling near the town of Saint-Denis on the outskirts of Paris when they were attacked by thugs who were after their BMW's
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1 July
A French farmer who nearly died at the hands of a knife-wielding jihadist, who was supposed to be under house arrest, has slammed “double standards” from the media and criminal justice system concerning his case.
Denmark Considers Tougher Border Controls With Sweden Because of Islamist Threat
30 June
The anti-mass migration Danish People’s Party (DF) and the Danish Conservatives are considering backing legislation to toughen the border with Sweden due to the high number of Islamists in the country.
Returning Islamic State Fighters Given ‘Protected Identities’ To Start New Lives in Europe
27 June
Hundreds of Swedish residents who went to fight for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have now returned to Europe and the Swedish government has given several of them “protected identities” to keep locals from finding out who they
After Terror Attacks, Paris Steps up Plans for Eiffel Tower Protection Wall
26 June
French officials have announced that construction of an eight-foot high bulletproof glass wall around the Eiffel Tower will begin in September, after revelations that the most recent jihadist attacker may have been targeting the iconic Parisian monument
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1 July
Despite efforts by individual nations and the European Union to get to grips with the migrant crisis, nearly 100,000 people crossed the Mediterranean in the first half of 2017
African Cardinal in Vatican Urges Europe to ‘Turn Off the Faucet’ of Immigration
1 July
Cardinal Peter Turkson, the highest ranking African prelate in the Vatican, said it is high time to “close the tap” of African immigration into Europe, which has reached new records in recent days. Asked about recent rumblings that Italian authorities
‘Help Us, Help Us’: Swedish National Police Commissioner Begs as Number of No-Go Zones Rises
29 June
Swedish National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson has begged the government for help as the number of no-go zones has risen from 55 to 61 in only one year.
Italy: Mafia and Migrant Gangs Running Heroin and Prostitution Rings Together
28 June
Nigerian migrant gangs are collaborating with the Sicilian Mafia in the organisation of prostitution rackets and the heroin trade, according to Italian police sources.
Paris Residents Unable to Sleep Through ‘Intense’ Overnight Mosque Loudspeaker Sessions
28 June
The loudspeakers of a Mée-sur-Seine mosque blasting out prayers and songs in the early hours of the morning through Ramadan caused chaos with the sleep patterns of Parisians living in the French capital’s south-eastern suburb, locals have said.
Truckers Terrorised by Calais Migrants Hit with Huge Fines When Vehicles Are Boarded
28 June
Long-haul drivers being terrorised by migrants seeking passage to Britain are being hit by 10 fines a day for failing to thwart stowaways.
Czech Election Favourite on Mass Migration: ‘We Have to Fight for What Our Ancestors Built Here’
27 June
Andrej Babis, tipped to become the next Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, has backed the government’s decision to fight the European Union’s attempts to impose a compulsory migrant quota on the country. “The biggest added value of the European