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October 4, 2024
Immigration
World

Trans Migrant Granted Refugee Status Despite Pedophilia Conviction.

An Algerian migrant, referred to as Medhi F., has been granted refugee status in France despite a past conviction for the sexual assault of a minor. Medhi F., who identifies as transgender, had been sentenced in 2019 to four years in prison for the crime against a 15-year-old.

In 2020, Medhi sought asylum with the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA), arguing that returning to Algeria would result in persecution due to his transgender identity. OFPRA rejected the application, but Medhi appealed the decision to France’s National Court of Asylum (CNDA). In 2023, the CNDA overturned OFPRA’s decision, claiming Medhi no longer posed a threat to society despite being a convicted pedophile.

OFPRA escalated the matter to France’s Council of State, but it upheld the CNDA’s ruling in July, declaring that being a convicted pedophile provides insufficient grounds to refuse or revoke refugee status by itself.

Former President Donald J. Trump has frequently lamented that “France is no longer France” and is warning against the U.S. following its path as a society ahead of the November elections.

“We’ve seen what happened when Europe opened its doors to jihad. Look at Paris, look at London; they’re no longer recognizable,” he said in May, adding, “We can’t let that happen to our country.”

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An Algerian migrant, referred to as Medhi F., has been granted refugee status in France despite a past conviction for the sexual assault of a minor. Medhi F., who identifies as transgender, had been sentenced in 2019 to four years in prison for the crime against a 15-year-old. show more
September 16, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
World

Yet Another Western European Country Is Rejecting Mass Migration.

Yet another Western European country has announced a stricter migration policy, which will see one of the toughest asylum policies in this country’s history. The right-wing government in the Netherlands, which includes populist firebrand Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV), will be enacting measures some of the strictest measures in the European Union (EU).

Marjolein Faber, a PVV member who serves as the Dutch migration and asylum minister, says the Netherlands will legally declare an asylum crisis and take emergency measures, including forced deportations and restrictions on family reunification, a.k.a. chain migration. “I’m aiming for the strictest asylum policy ever,” Faber said.

The country is also seeking an opt-out from EU migration and asylum policies, with Prime Minister Dick Schoof warning, “We cannot continue to bear the large influx of migrants to our country.”

The move comes as Germany’s far-left government announces it will suspend its participation in the EU’s open borders Schengen agreement and resume border controls. This follows a series of terrorist attacks and attempted attacks, including a mass stabbing in Solingen at a diversity festival that left three people dead. The attack was carried out by a Syrian failed asylum seeker who was supposed to be deported last year.

This measure is just one proposed by the German leftist government amid the surge in popularity of the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD), formerly allied closely with Geert Wilders and the PVV in the EU.

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Yet another Western European country has announced a stricter migration policy, which will see one of the toughest asylum policies in this country's history. The right-wing government in the Netherlands, which includes populist firebrand Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV), will be enacting measures some of the strictest measures in the European Union (EU). show more
September 12, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
Immigration
World

Another Gang Rape Sees Migrant Suspects Arrested.

Two Iraqi nationals have been arrested for allegedly taking part in the gang rape of an 18-year-old in a parking lot outside a nightclub in the German town of Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia. Reports suggest as many as seven men may have been involved in the August 24 attack.

Several of the accused in the case are said to be adolescents, with at least one holding Syrian citizenship. Others are German citizens, although their ethnic background remains unclear. Police spent weeks investigating the crime, finally identifying the suspects using CCTV footage from the scene.

The attack comes just weeks after another gang rape in Isterlohn, also in North Rhine-Westphalia. That incident saw four Iranians arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman, also from Iran. Police believe it may have been politically motivated.

Over 7,000 women have been sexually assaulted or raped by migrants in Germany since the 2015 migrant crisis, according to a report released last December.

Populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Marie-Thérèse Kaiser spoke out about migrants being disproportionally linked to rape attacks following the revelations—and was fined by German courts for doing so, despite the fact he was linking to official government statistics.

A total of 41 percent of all crime suspects in Germany are identified as foreigners, with migrants vastly overrepresented in many crimes, including sex offenses and violent crimes.

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Two Iraqi nationals have been arrested for allegedly taking part in the gang rape of an 18-year-old in a parking lot outside a nightclub in the German town of Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia. Reports suggest as many as seven men may have been involved in the August 24 attack. show more
germany
September 12, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
World

Replacement: Village Faces Influx of 500 Migrants.

Over 500 migrants are planned to be housed in an asylum facility in a village of just 4,000 people. Locals are protesting the move, arguing that the number of migrants is far too high. A facility to house 506 migrants is scheduled to be built in the German village of Rott am Inn.

Heike Bachert, a resident leading a citizens initiative against the facility’s construction, called on Bavaria‘s Prime Minister Markus Söder to halt it. According to German media reports, Söder had previously promised that the asylum center would not be built.

The issue is part of a growing trend across Europe of putting migrants in smaller rural communities, often in numbers that rival the population of the villages or towns they are being transplanted to. In Ireland, the village of Tipperary is also scheduled to be flooded with asylum seekers as the Irish government looks to house 265 non-European migrants there, exceeding the existing population of just 165 Irish people.

In France, President Emmanuel Macron suggested a similar policy in 2022, arguing that the “underpopulated” countryside facing demographic decline could be the best place to send illegals.

“The conditions for their reception will be much better than if we put them in areas that are already densely populated, with a concentration of massive economic and social problems,” he said.

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Over 500 migrants are planned to be housed in an asylum facility in a village of just 4,000 people. Locals are protesting the move, arguing that the number of migrants is far too high. A facility to house 506 migrants is scheduled to be built in the German village of Rott am Inn. show more
September 10, 2024
Immigration
World

Hungary Moves Forward With Threat to Bus Migrants to EU Capital.

Hungary is moving forward on handing one-way tickets to the European Union (EU) capital of Brussels, Belgium, to migrants. This is in response to the EU imposing a 200 million euro (~$220 million) fine on the Central European country for stopping would-be illegal immigrants at its border.

Bence Retvari, the Secretary of State in the Hungarian Ministry of Interior, announced at a press conference over the weekend that if the EU tries to force Hungary to accept illegal immigrants, then those migrants will be given one-way bus tickets directly to Brussels:

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is demanding Hungary change its asylum laws, which require would-be migrants to apply for asylum at Hungarian embassies. Migrants who show up at the border unannounced are mostly turned away instead of being allowed to enter the country and remain at large while their claims are processed.

In addition to the 200 million euro fine, the EU is trying to force Hungary to pay an additional one million euros every day it remains non-compliant. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his opposition to the ruling earlier this year, calling it “outrageous and unacceptable.”

Orbán and his government currently hold the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. Despite this, the EU is intensifying its adversarial approach Orbán’s anti-mass migration government.

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Hungary is moving forward on handing one-way tickets to the European Union (EU) capital of Brussels, Belgium, to migrants. This is in response to the EU imposing a 200 million euro (~$220 million) fine on the Central European country for stopping would-be illegal immigrants at its border. show more
germany
September 4, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
Immigration
World

Syrian Migrant Suspected of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl at Pool.

A Syrian asylum seeker has been arrested at a swimming pool after allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl last month in the pool’s changing room. The incident occurred last month on August 10 at a local swimming pool in the German city of Braunschweig.

Braunschweig senior public prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters explained that the teenage suspect has Syrian citizenship, saying he and a friend began the sexual harassment in the swimming pool itself. Still, it remains unclear if the friend took part in the later rape attack.

When the attack had ended, the victim contacted the staff at the pool, who subsequently informed local German police as to the events. The migrant teenager was arrested at the scene where he had remained after the alleged attack. An employee at the pool claimed it was the first such incident since it opened ten years ago.

While it may have been the first incident at that particular pool, sex attacks by migrants at pools and elsewhere across Germany have been a frequent theme since the migrant crisis in late 2015 and early 2016.

In 2019, a German feminist magazine admitted that migrants were behind many of the swimming pool sex attacks. Years later, in 2022, the federal head of the German police union blamed migrants for a mass brawl at a swimming pool in Berlin as well.

Migrants are also vastly over-represented in violent crime in Germany, accounting for nearly 60 percent of all cases, and migrant stabbing attacks have surged across the country.

Last month, three people were stabbed to death at a festival in Solingen by a Syrian asylum seeker who failed in his asylum claim and pledged loyalty to the Islamic State terror group.

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A Syrian asylum seeker has been arrested at a swimming pool after allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl last month in the pool's changing room. The incident occurred last month on August 10 at a local swimming pool in the German city of Braunschweig. show more
Orban
August 23, 2024
Immigration
World

Hungary Threatens to Ship Migrants Straight to Brussels.

Hungary is threatening to send migrants directly to the European Union (EU) capital of Brussels, Belgium if disputes with the EU over penalties imposed on Hungary for controlling its borders are not resolved. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has imposed a €200 million (~$222.5 million) penalty and a daily fine of €1 million (~$1.1 million) on Hungary for turning away illegal immigrants at its border instead of allowing them to claim asylum.

Gergely Gulyas, who heads Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s office, says negotiations with the European Commission will begin in September. He warns that failure to reach an agreement will result in Hungary issuing “one-way tickets to Brussels” for migrants. Gulyas wants a swift resolution to the dispute to avoid daily fines piling up.

The European Commission has not commented on Gulyas’s remarks.

The current situation mirrors tensions in the United States, where pro-borders Texas is bussing illegal immigrants to states like New York, where state officials oppose a border wall construction and promote “sanctuary” policies.

The row is just the latest between the EU and Hungary. Orbán’s government also faces pushback from the bloc for a law banning the promotion of LGBT ideology to children in schools and media.

The EU is also clashing with Bulgaria over new legislation along similar lines.

Jack Montgomery contributed to this report. 

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Hungary is threatening to send migrants directly to the European Union (EU) capital of Brussels, Belgium if disputes with the EU over penalties imposed on Hungary for controlling its borders are not resolved. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has imposed a €200 million (~$222.5 million) penalty and a daily fine of €1 million (~$1.1 million) on Hungary for turning away illegal immigrants at its border instead of allowing them to claim asylum. show more
amnesty
August 20, 2024
Immigration
News
World

Great Replacement: Govt Flooding Village of Just 165 People with Hundreds of Migrants.

The Irish hamlet of Tipperary is set to be flooded with more migrants than currently live there in a government relocation scheme. The European Union (EU) member’s so-called Department of Integration previously moved hundreds of supposedly Ukrainian refugees into a local hotel, but now plans to replace them with non-Western migrants.

This move has triggered protests in Tipperary, where the local population of approximately 165 now faces the arrival of around 265 migrants, utterly transforming the village’s demographics.

The migrant population being relocated to Tipperary is reportedly comprised predominantly of single, military-age men.

Social media reports claim additional migrant compounds are being established in rural Ireland. These sites are said to be guarded by government security, housing mostly military-age males from various countries. Some claim these areas resemble military camps, with no attempts at community integration.

Earlier this month, protests erupted in Tipperary at the hotel that will be housing the migrants. Similar protests have taken place across Ireland.

Mass migration has been a major issue in the country in recent months, with riots last November following the stabbing of several children near a school in Dublin. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) superstar Conor McGregor called on Irish people to destroy the hotels slated to house migrants, arguing that the country is at war.

Anti-mass migration protests have also swept the United Kingdom over recent weeks following the fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in Southport, England. The suspect has an African migration background.

Image via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Irish hamlet of Tipperary is set to be flooded with more migrants than currently live there in a government relocation scheme. The European Union (EU) member's so-called Department of Integration previously moved hundreds of supposedly Ukrainian refugees into a local hotel, but now plans to replace them with non-Western migrants. show more
August 19, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
World

Thousands of Afghan Migrants Returning to Afghanistan… on Vacation.

Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers living in Germany are reportedly spending their vacations in the homeland they claim they were forced to flee. They are doing so through a passport trick that makes it appear as though they only traveled to Iran.

Of the 400,000 Afghans living in Germany, around 60,000 have a Blue Pass, a replacement for a passport given to asylum seekers that allows them to travel but explicitly states that they have no right to return to the country they supposedly fled.

Despite this, hundreds travel back to Afghanistan every week from Hamburg alone. They first travel to Iran, where they can secure a double entry visa. The double entry visas are not stamped into the passports or attached to them. This means they can be easily hidden from German authorities or simply discarded before returning to Germany, so it appears the asylum seekers’ only destination was Iran.

Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser, roughly equivalent to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, expressed little interest when confronted with the allegations, denying the Interior Ministry was even responsible and insisting the issue is a matter for local immigration authorities. However, Heiko Teggatz, chairman of the Federal Police Union, called for a law to force countries to attach visas to passports. He says the Federal Police, who manage the border, are too short-staffed.

In recent years, there have been several high-profile stabbing attacks by Afghan asylum seekers in Germany, including a mass stabbing attack in May at an anti-Islamisation rally and another mass stabbing of soccer fans in June.

Despite these crimes, the German government refuses to deport Afghan criminals back to Afghanistan, claiming the country is too dangerous for them. This view is seemingly not held by the asylum seekers who are returning to the country on vacation.

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Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers living in Germany are reportedly spending their vacations in the homeland they claim they were forced to flee. They are doing so through a passport trick that makes it appear as though they only traveled to Iran. show more
August 14, 2024
Election 2024
Immigration

Biden-Harris Accelerate Asylum Processing at NORTHERN Border.

According to internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents, the Biden-Harris government is expediting the processing of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Canada border. This follows a surge in northern migrant crossings.

The should involve changes to the operation of the “Safe Third Country” asylum agreement between the U.S. and Canada. Migrants subject to the agreement are supposed to be barred from seeking asylum in the U.S. and can be sent back to Canada, which provides ample safe refuge opportunities. Likewise, Canada can also return asylum seekers crossing into its territory from the U.S.

DHS aims to streamline the implementation of the Safe Third Country Agreement, as migrants often delay returns by consulting with lawyers at length and spending time trying to build a case that they are exempt from the agreement’s terms. However, the agency insists the changes will not compromise migrants’ right to a full asylum review.

In fiscal year 2024, 16,500 migrants were apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Canada border illegally, an increase from 10,000 in 2023 and 2,200 in 2022. This is the highest recorded number for the northern frontier.

The resources allocated to the 5,500-mile northern border are much smaller than those allocated to the southern border, which has seen millions of illegal crossings under the Biden-Harris government.

Nevertheless, the Canadian frontier is still a point of vulnerability, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS) recording that almost 86 percent of suspected terrorists entering the U.S. in fiscal year 2023 did so via the northern border.

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According to internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents, the Biden-Harris government is expediting the processing of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Canada border. This follows a surge in northern migrant crossings. show more