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![]() [DeutscheWelle] On Friday German prosecutors said they had arrested a 17-year-old Afghan citizen in Germany for membership of the Taliban. According to investigators, "Abdullah S.K." is suspected of receiving weapons-training from the Taliban and participating in armed attacks on Afghan government forces between 2013 and 2015. Prosecutors did not say how or when the accused arrived in Germany. Major challenges ahead for German police [DeutscheWelle] At the autumn conference of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office the main topic was Global migration and its consequences. Holger Münch talks to DW about jihadists, right-wing terror and new police digital equipment. Germany proposes raft of measures targeting terrorism, crime [DeutscheWelle] Berlin has decided to introduce stronger security measures across the country. These include introducing electronic tags for terror convicts, more video cameras and better protection for police officers on duty.
19 Nov 2016 The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that 340 migrants have drowned in four major shipwrecks over the course of the week, bringing the reported total for November so far to 546. This compares with 141 for the entire month in 2015 and 22 in 2014. Smugglers Feeding Migrants Diesel To Calm Them During Sea Voyage 19 Nov 2016 Smugglers who transport migrants from North Africa across the Mediterranean to Europe are said to have given many of them a mixture of diesel and other substances to keep them quiet. A new report ffrommedical staff at the University of Shopkeeper Convicted for ‘Asylum Seekers Stay Outside’ Sign 18 Nov 2016 A court in Germany has convicted a shopkeeper of sedition after he put up a sign asking for asylum seekers to stay out because of negative experiences he’d had in the past. Like Trump, Austria’s Norbert Hofer Attracting Disillusioned Working Class Voters
Just as Donald Trump attracted voters in the American “rust belt”, anti-mass migration Freedom Party (FPÖ) presidential candidate Norbert Hofer is receiving huge support from Austria’s disaffected working class. WATCH: Geert Wilders Warns of Liberal Tyranny as Prosecutor Prepares to Punish Him For Immigrant Remarks 18 Nov 2016 Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), has said that the outcome of his “hate speech” trial could show signs of tyranny forming in the Dutch establishment. 100 Migrants Feared Dead in Mediterranean 17 Nov 2016 (REUTERS) – Six migrants died and up to 100 more were missing and feared dead after their rubber boat sank in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the president of the Italian unit of aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said. Conservatives Rally Grassroots Against Angela Merkel 17 Nov 2016 Grassroots conservatives across Germany are vocally rejecting the policies of Angela Merkel and voice their opposition to her running for a fourth term as chancellor in 2017. French PM: Marine Le Pen Could Be Next French President 17 Nov 2016 Berlin (AFP) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Thursday that far-right leader Marine Le Pen had a chance of winning next year’s presidential election, boosted by the momentum of Donald Trump’s shock victory in the United States. “It’s possible,” Austrian Socialists Block Burqa Ban Bid 17 Nov 2016 Austrian Foreign Minister and member of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) Sebastian Kurz has accused Socialist Party (SPÖ) coalition partner of blocking integration legislation that would ban the full-face Islamic veil. Take More Migrant Kids, Open Borders Lobbyists Demand 17 Nov 2016 Britain faced criticism Wednesday over strict criteria for children hoping to reach the UK after being evicted from France’s “Jungle” migrant camp, with one prominent politician arguing London has broken its promise. ![]()
18/11/16 Provisional figures updated on Friday show that at least 1,003,635 asylum applications were received and registered in the 28 EU member states as of October. Four suspected illegal migrants are found in the back of a Romanian-registered lorry 10 miles from the Channel Tunnel terminal in Kent 18/11/16 A video shows the men and a woman jumping from the back of the lorry after police were called to Ashford. 24-year-old man from Ukraine who pretended to be a high-schooler is sentenced to two months in American prison
Illegal immigrant Artur Samarin who faked his name and age to attend a Pennsylvania high school has been ordered to spend two months in prison on federal fraud charges. German shopkeeper is convicted of hate crime for posting a sign in his window banning refugees...but only because it contained a picture of a muzzled dog 18/11/16 The sign in Germany reading 'Asylanten müssen draussen bleiben' - refugees must stay outside - was put in 54-year-old Karl Franz's window alongside a picture of the muzzled dog. 'They want us to be Islamised. They despise our country and our values': Translator at German refugee camp says Muslim migrants display 'pure hatred' of Christians 18/11/16 The Arabic speaker, 39, has worked in several migrant centres across Germany and after unearthing the harrowing revelations she headed to the country's mosque Migrants steal fireworks and shoot them into offices and homes after rioting in Greek refugee camp 17/11/16 Huge parts of the Souda camp on the eastern island of Chios was destroyed by fire and when police arrived they were attacked by migrants who were throwing stones at them. The EU will COLLAPSE if Germany and France do not begin to listen to people's concerns on immigration and Islamist terrorism, says French PM 17/11/16 Manuel Valls said Europe was 'in danger of falling apart' and the two countries needed to work harder to stimulate growth and employment | ||||
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