Germany deports over 8,000 asylum seekers to other EU members in Jan-Nov of 2018:report

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Germany has deported a record number of 8,658 asylum seekers to other European Union (EU)members from January to the end of November in 2018, according to a response by the Interior Ministry to an inquiry by Germany’s left party (Die … Read More

Austria tilting law against Syrian asylum-seekers

Austria Interior Minister Herbert Kickl [File photo] The Austrian government is seemingly determined to make it easier to expel Syrian asylum-seekers, reports Anadolu Agency. Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said Thursday that he believes a readmission agreement with the Syrian regime will … Read More

El Paso Is on Edge After a Child’s Death and the Release of Hundreds of Migrants

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A group of immigrants from Honduras wait for a bus to Dallas inside the Greyhound station in El Paso. Hundreds of asylum seekers have been released in the last few days.CreditCreditIvan Pierre Aguirre for The New York Times EL PASO … Read More

Germany plans to fast-track deportations of failed asylum-seekers

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Germany’s Interior Ministry has proposed new measures to monitor and deport failed asylum-seekers. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has said he is also looking at ways to repatriate known criminals to Syria. The German Interior Ministry on Sunday confirmed plans to facilitate … Read More

Angela Merkel: Who can replace Germany’s ‘eternal chancellor’?

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Angela Merkel has announced she would step down as German chancellor at the end of her term in 2021 after a series of political crises and regional vote debacles rocked her fragile coalition. In power so long she has been … Read More

Arab and Kurdish crime clans ‘Systematically recruiting’ refugees in Merkel’s Germany

Arab and Kurdish crime clans are “systematically recruiting” refugees and building parallel societies in Germany, an investigation has found. “The clans have systematically been recruiting refugees for the dirtiest jobs, such as selling drugs in parks and the subway,” Thomas … Read More

Open borders policy could spell end for Angela Merkel in Germany

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s momentous decision three years ago to open her nation’s borders to … Read More

Christian ministry cancels California event fearing the state ‘will forbid some of what it teaches’

In an increasingly interconnected world, the refugee crisis has become a central issue for governments worldwide. Especially after the outbreak of the Syrian crisis, which caused more than one million refugees to cross into Europe in 2015 alone, the debate … Read More

Athens Prepare New Bill to Accelerate Asylum Procedure

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The Greek government has prepared a new bill that will speed up the country’s asylum procedure amid an increase in migration to Greece this year, Greek Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas said Friday. “We are bringing a new bill in parliament … Read More

Germany coalition talks: Merkel welcomes breakthrough

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Image AFP Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz stressed the need for social cohesion German politicians have achieved a breakthrough in talks aimed at forming a new coalition government. A blueprint for formal negotiations was agreed between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian … Read More

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