It was an excruciating choice that no family should ever have to make. Should they stay together with their two young daughters and miss perhaps their only chance to escape the horrors of war, or should they make a break for freedom but leave their year-old baby behind in a foreign land half-way around the …
Human waste found in Coca-Cola cans in UK, spokesperson blame it on migrants
A Northern Ireland Coca-Cola factory recently found ‘human waste’ in their Coke cans. The beverage giant and Northern Ireland authorities are investigating the incident. Coke says no contaminated cans made it onto the market, but did not comment on whether “human waste” is the cause of the ubiquitous soft drink’s aftertaste. The factory, which is …
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Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party demands ‘immediate closure of borders’ and Islamic headscarf ban in election manifesto
The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party called for closing borders, restricting Islamic practices and fighting the ruling ‘oligarchy’ in its election campaign programme released on Thursday. Polling at around 11 per cent now, the four-year-old AfD aims to become the first party to the right of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc to enter …
146 migrants feared missing after boat capsizes in Mediterranean
About 146 migrants are feared missing after their boat capsized after leaving Libya, according to a Gambian man who was rescued following the disaster, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Wednesday. The vessel left on Sunday or Monday from Sabratha, northwestern Libya, with five children and several pregnant women among those on board, the Gambian …
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Austria calls for less money for EU states opposing refugee distribution
Ahead of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern called for increased pressure on countries in the 28-member bloc that continue to fail to take in refugees. “In future, the money from the EU budget must be distributed more equally among the member countries,” Kern told German daily “Die Welt.” “If …
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A far-right-inspired German soldier arrested for alleged terror plans
A German soldier suspected of planning a terror attack has been arrested, prosecutors in Frankfurt said on Thursday. The 28-year-old, whose name was not provided due to privacy laws, was arrested by police during training at the Bundeswehr base in Hammelburg, Bavaria. Police also searched 16 locations in Germany, Austria and France that yielded evidence. …
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Syrian refugees stranded on Lesbos launch hunger strike
A group of Syrian refugees stranded on a Greek island launched a hunger strike in protest at the long processing of their asylum application, witnesses told dpa on Monday. The 14 Kurds from Syria, sitting wrapped in blankets in front of the asylum bureau at Moria camp on Lesbos, have been refusing nourishment since Friday. …
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US Jewish organisation condemns Pope Francis for comparing refugee centres to ‘concentration camps’
Pope Francis has drawn criticism from a Jewish organisation for comparing European refugee holding centres to “concentration camps”. The pontiff made the comparison during a visit to Rome Basilica where he met with migrants on Saturday. Recalling his visit to a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos last year, he talked of encountering …
Child refugees in northern France facing exploitation and violence on a daily basis, UNICEF warns
Child refugees in northern France are facing exploitation and violence on a daily basis, including threats from adult men armed with knives and machetes, Unicef has warned. An alarming report has revealed that unaccompanied minors who lived in the Grande-Synthe refugee camp in Dunkirk before it burnt down last week were “constantly fearful” of sexual …
Italy accelerates asylum procedures
Italy’s parliament yesterday approved measures to accelerate asylum procedures, cutting the number of possible appeals and speeding up deportations of rejected migrants. Since 2014 the number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores has surged, with half a million arriving in the country, and under European Union law Italy has to set up so-called “hotspots” where migrants …
