French ‘Islamophobia’ Targeted for Group Closure by Government will Relocate to Belgium
[Breitbart] The Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF),
...Franco-Egyptian Muslim activist Marwan Muhammad is the executive director. He’s accused of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups...
a group the French government wanted dissolving in the aftermath of the murder of Samuel Paty, is expected to relocate to Brussels under a new name.The CCIF, which French President Emmanuel Macron targetted for dissolution in the wake of the Islamist-inspired beheading of the history teacher, is expected to relocate to neighbouring Belgium, to become the Collective Against Islamophobia in Europe (CCIE) instead.
But Belgian MP Denis Ducarme has said he will challenge the justice and interior ministers over the proposal, and intends to ask Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne to look into dissolving the association once it arrives in his country, Belgian magazine Le Vif reports.
“Our country cannot become a zone of retreat for Islamists again,” Ducarme said, likely referring to how Bataclan terrorist Salah Abdeslam was able to hide in Brussels’ notorious Molenbeek immigrant district for months following the November 2015 Paris terror attacks before Belgian police eventually caught him in 2016.
Applications for Asylum Fell to Lowest Levels Since 2013, Coronavirus Blamed
Applications for asylum in the EU fell in 2020, with coronavirus restrictions suggesting that border control is, in fact, possible. Some 461,3000 applications for asylum were lodged across the EU, Norway, and Switzerland in 2020 — a 31 per cent fall from 2019 and taking numbers to levels not seen since 2013, before the migrant crisis in the middle of the last decade.
Le Pen Party Activists Face Down Pro-Migrant Activists at Spanish Border
[Breitbart] Activists and members of the populist French National Rally (RN) faced down pro-migrant protestors near the Spanish border as they launched their regional election campaign. According to a report from broadcaster Franceinfo, the RN activists were met by pro-migrant activists from the “Solidarity Migrants” group, composed of left-wing Basque nationalists, members of the far-left France Insoumise party, an LGBT group, and others.
Finnish Border Guard Bust Middle Eastern Illegal Migrant Network
[Breitbart] The Border Guard in Finland revealed a major operation against a network suspected of aiding illegal migration by Middle Eastern migrants.
The Finnish Border Guard say they apprehended several suspects and made seizures and raids of various homes in the city of Lahti. Investigators did not detail how many people were arrested, noting only that the number was fewer than ten. They also did not comment on the nationality of those detained, but confirmed all the suspects have permanent residency in Finland and that the migrants smuggled into Finland were primarily from the Middle East.
In recent months, several other migrant trafficking networks have been dismantled, including a large network in France that was believed to have played a major part in illegal crossings across the English Channel last year.
German Police Crack Down on Berlin Migrant ‘Crime Families’
[Breitbart] Hundreds of German police and other investigators raided more than 20 buildings in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg early Thursday in a crackdown on two feuding organized crime families, authorities said. Berlin prosecutors said on Twitter that two people were arrested in the raids targeting illegal drug and weapons trafficking.
In addition, authorities were investigating bodily harm charges linked to a “clash of clans” between an Arabic and a Chechen organized crime family last November, prosecutors said. Authorities did not immediately provide further details, but the Bild newspaper reported that one of the targets was the Remmo family, which has alleged links to two recent spectacular heists and ties to Beirut.
Claim: Migrant Husband Used French Wife to Bring ‘Real’ Family to Europe
[Breitbart] A 36-year-old French woman claims that her abusive migrant husband used her in an attempt to obtain French citizenship so he could abandon her and her children and bring his African wife and family to France. The woman, named Catherine, left her now ex-husband four years ago after discovering the Senegalese man had tried to use her to obtain citizenship and that he led a double-life, having a Senegalese wife and children, it is alleged.
“I had two daughters with him, who are 13 and 10 years old. This is a man I met on the Internet. He lived in Africa, in Dakar. I fell in love. He wanted me to marry him in Senegal. I went there, and we got married,” Catherine told broadcaster Europe1.
French ‘Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide, War Crimes’ Body to Investigate Anti-Migration Protest
[Breitbart] A public prosecutor has turned over an investigation into an anti-mass migration protest in the French Pyrenees to the office tasked with fighting genocide and war crimes. The prosecutor’s office in Saint-Gaudens handed over an investigation into a January 9th protest along the Franco-Spanish border by the activist youth group Generation Identitaire to the Central Office for Combating Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide, and War Crimes (OCLCH).
According to the newspaper, Generation Identitaire members had gone hiking along the border with Spain at Col du Portillon and deployed drones to monitor the crossing for any illegal migrants attempting to cross into French territory, citing terrorism risks as part of their “Defend Europe” mission.
The potential prosecution comes just months after a court of appeal in Grenoble acquitted several members of the activist group after they had been found guilty of offences linked to a similar 2018 protest in the French Alps.
Pope Francis Commemorates 21 Christians Slain ‘by the Brutality of Islamic State’
[Breitbart] Pope Francis recalled the sixth anniversary of the Islamic State execution of 21 Christians on a beach in Libya, calling them “our saints.”
Swiss Referendum Could Force Police to Publish Nationality and Background of Criminals
[Breitbart] Swiss locals are set to vote on a referendum that could force local police to release the nationality and background of criminals after the Zurich city police decided to stop publishing the information. The proposed referendum, which will take place
Syrian Christian Loses Job in Sweden After Failing to Remove Cross Necklace
[Breitbart] A Syrian Christian claims that he lost his job at a warehouse in Sweden after he was asked by company management to take off a cross necklace and refused. Syrian George Tannouri said he worked at the warehouse run by the technology company Ingram Micro, located just north of Stockholm, for three months before he was asked to remove the necklace, which he wore under his shirt.
Afghan Migrant Arrested After Acid Attack on Swiss Beauty Contest Model
[Breitbart] A 19-year-old Afghan migrant was arrested in Switzerland after allegedly spraying a woman with acid in an underground car park. The attack took place in the underground car park attached to the apartment building where the victim lives in the town of Neuchâtel at around 7:53 am on Thursday morning.
The victim, Elise T., was first found by a neighbour directly after the attack after screaming for help and the neighbour attempted to tend to the acid burns with water until an ambulance was able to arrive on the scene and take the 24-year-old to a hospital in the city of Lausanne, Swiss tabloid Blick reports.
Half of Swedish Students Put Limits on Daily Lives Due to Fear of Crime
[Breitbart] According to a survey by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå), around half of students avoid certain people, activities and areas due to a fear of being the victims of crime.
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