Given the refugee crisis and the steady increase in the Muslim population, the EU is likely to face three scenarios that will determine its future, RIA Novosti contributor Igor Gashkov writes, adding that none of them could prevent inevitable ethnic, cultural and religious changes on the Old Continent. The size of the Muslim population in…
Figures suggest stark east-west divide, with UK population share rising from 6.3% to 16.7% in one scenario. The Muslim share of Germany’s population could grow from 6.1% to 19.7% between 2016-2050 if high migration continues. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Muslim population in some European countries could triple by 2050 while it will barely change…
BERLIN — Anas Maghrebi rolled his drumsticks back and forth between his thumb and forefinger. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter fled Syria’s civil war and landed on the Greek island of Lesbos in September 2015, at the peak of Europe’s migrant crisis. His post-rock band made its way north to Germany, handing out CDs and holding impromptu…
Malakasa refugee camp in Greece.PETER NIX By Peter Nix Atmospheric hurricanes have devastated many lives recently, their ferocity enhanced by warm seas and moist air associated with climate change. That same historic environmental crisis, coupled with huge social and political stresses in the Mideast and North Africa, is creating human migrations on this planet so…
The continent has been rattled at a time when it has so many unresolved issues. Macron’s plans, however, will be key – and Merkel is not finished yet. ‘Talk of Merkel’s political demise has been going on since the 2015 refugee crisis, and yet she is still around.’ Photograph: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images The collapse of Germany’s…
Chancellor Angela Merkel left facing prospect of forming minority government – or fresh elections – after FDP quits negotiations Angela Merkel and the CDU Bundestag leader Volker Kauder at the coalition talks on Sunday. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Exploratory talks to form Germany’s next coalition government collapsed shortly before midnight on Sunday when the pro-business…
Get short URL Refugees seeking reunification in Germany announce hunger strike during a protest opposite the parliament building in Athens © Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters Europe may face a second wave of migration as the situation in refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East is only getting worse, the head of the UN World…
A statement from the UN has described the EU policy of intercepting people crossing the Mediterranean and returning them to prisons as “inhuman”. According to UN human rights high commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein “The suffering of migrants detained in Libya is an outrage to the conscience of humanity. The European Union’s policy of assisting the…
‘Aid in the 21st century is about helping people to thrive as well as survive’: David Miliband at the International Rescue Committee’s New York HQ. Photograph: Christopher Lane for the Observer David Miliband is president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, the US-based global relief organisation he joined in 2013, following his resignation as the…
Water storage devices on show at the 2016 AidEx event in Brussels. (Photo: Flickr) The EU spends vast amounts on development aid, but new research shows that much of this money is being spent within Europe, calling into question the definition of aid and the transparency of EU spending channels. In a world overwhelmed by humanitarian…