Migrant Chaos Grows in Hungary
Hundreds begin walking along highway heading for Austria as one person dies in standoff at suburban train station Police attempt to stop migrants as they march along the highway near […]
Refugee crisis: David Cameron lowered the flag for the dead king of Saudi Arabia – will he do the same honour for little Aylan Kurdi?
Refugee crisis: David Cameron lowered the flag for the dead king of Saudi Arabia – will he do the same honour for little Aylan Kurdi? In the ever-growing chasm between the people of Europe and their immoral leaders there is a far more serious challenge for the future by Robert […]
Migrants refuse to leave Hungary train to be sent to refugee camp
Refugees and migrants have defied Hungarian police and refused to get off a train in order to be sent to a refugee camp. The train, which left Budapest station bound for Hungary’s border with Austria, stopped around 30 miles outside of the capital, with riot police ordering people off the […]
Europe’s refugee acceptance rates
Graphic detail Charts, maps and infographics Previous Next Latest Graphic detail All latest updates Daily chart Europe’s migrant acceptance rates Sep 1st 2015, 17:07 BY THE DATA TEAM NOT since the second world war has Europe faced refugee flows of such complexity and scale as this summer’s migrant crisis. The […]
Europe Rethinks the Schengen Agreement
Source: Stratfor When France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed the Schengen Agreement in 1985, they envisioned a system in which people and goods could move from one country to another without barriers. This vision was largely realized: Since its implementation in 1995, the Schengen Agreement eliminated border controls […]
Germany: Mannschaft step forward to welcome refugees
Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger at a press conference earlier this week. Photo: DPA Mannschaft step forward to welcome refugees Published: 02 Sep 2015 16:50 GMT+02:00 Germany’s World Cup-winning footballers have condemned xenophobic attacks on the thousands of foreigners pouring into their country and led calls to help the refugees amidst […]
OPINION: Escaping the refugee crisis
OPINION Escaping the refugee crisis By Peter Singer SEP 2, 2015 – 13:55 In July, the number of migrants reaching the borders of the European Union passed 100,000 – the third consecutive month in which a new record was set. In one week in August, 21,000 migrants arrived in Greece. […]
12 migrants drown heading from Turkey to Greek island
ISTANBUL Turkish security forces patrolled the shores of Muğla, finding the bodies of several refugees, including a child, who drowned and were washed ashore. DHA photos World must help Turkey with refugees as ‘things will get even worse’: UNHCR At least 12 migrants believed to be Syrians drowned as two […]
German police forced to ask public to stop bringing donations for refugees arriving by train
Officers in Munich said they were ‘overwhelmed’ by the outpouring of help and support and had more than they needed LIZZIE DEARDEN Tuesday 01 September 2015 The Independent Police in a German city have been forced to ask the public to stop bringing donations for arriving refugees after […]
Dark Germany, Bright Germany: Which Side Will Prevail Under Strain of Refugees?
Hermann Bredehorst/ DER SPIEGEL Germany is experiencing an unprecedented influx of immigrants who will fundamentally change the country. They represent a burden, but also a chance to create a New […]
Working to solve migrant crisis
Aug 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The migrant crisis arching the Middle East, Africa and Europe has been described as the worst since World War II; nearly 300,000 people from Africa and the Middle East crossed sea and land into Europe this year alone. Thousands perished during the arduous […]
In treating needy refugees like invaders, we risk losing our humanity
Barbed wire along the Hungarian border. Barbed wire at Calais. Have we lost the one victory which we Europeans learned from the Second World War – compassion? By Robert Fisk, The Independent The Great Wall of China, the walls of Rome and every medieval city, the Siegfried Line, the Maginot […]
Dutch plan tougher asylum policy as migrants flock to Europe
AUG 30, 2015 – 09:52 By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – As Europe grapples with its biggest wave of migration since World War Two, the Netherlands is about to toughen its asylum policy by cutting off food and shelter for people who fail to qualify as refugees. Failed asylum seekers […]
U.N. chief demands action following migrant tragedies on land and at sea
People light candles in front of the police station in Eisenstadt, Austria, after the bodies of more than 70 migrants were discovered in a truck. (Ronald Zak/AP) By Anthony Faiola and Griff Witte August 29 at 8:48 AM KECSKEMET, Hungary — Pressure to change Europe’s dysfunctional asylum system grew […]
Mass Migration: What Is Driving the Balkan Exodus?
By Susanne Koelbl, Katrin Kuntz and Walter Mayr spiegel.de Armend Nimani/ DER SPIEGEL More than a third of all asylum-seekers arriving in Germany come from Albania, Kosovo and Serbia. Young, poor and disillusioned with their home countries, they are searching for a better future. But almost none […]
Muslims come together to share the message of “Love for all hatred for none”
Muslims come together to share the message of “Love for all hatred for none” August 25, 2015 His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Fifth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community http://www.alislam.org While Ayoub El Khazzani was planning to kill all passengers in a train traveling […]
Rx for Prosperity: German Companies See Refugees as Opportunity
By Markus Dettmer, Carolin Katschak and Georg Ruppert spiegel.de Jörg Glaescher/DER SPIEGEL The German business community views the recent influx of refugees as an opportunity to help companies […]
Turin Shroud replica displayed at Ahmadiyya Muslim convention in Hampshire
Turin Shroud replica displayed at Ahmadiyya Muslim convention in Hampshire by Carolyn Wickware posted Monday, 24 Aug 2015 The replica of the Shroud of Turin Barrie Schwortz, a leading expert on the Shroud, spoke at the event More than 30,000 Muslims gathered in Hampshire this weekend to hear Barrie Schwortz, […]
Divided Europe faces mounting migrant crisis
Divided Europe faces mounting migrant crisis By AFP – Aug 26,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugees cross into Hungary underneath the border fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke, Hungary, on Tuesday (AP photo) Brussels — Faced with its worst migrant crisis since World War II, Europe has many sensible options […]
‘Iraqi Odyssey’ to represent Switzerland at Oscars
SWISS CANDIDATE ‘Iraqi Odyssey’ to represent Switzerland at Oscars AUG 27, 2015 – 21:56 The Federal Office of Culture (OFC) confirmed on Thursday that the film “Iraqi Odyssey will be Switzerland’s official entry to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the “Best Foreign Film” category for 2016. […]