Crisis Escalates at Turkey-Greece Border

Thousands of refugees are trying to enter the European Union after Turkey declared it would no longer stop them. Refugees and migrants wait before they attempt to enter Greece from Turkey on March 2 in Edirne, Turkey. BURAK KARA/GETTY IMAGES Here … Read More

EU reports significant increase in asylum applications

Figures have increased for the first time since the refugee influx in 2015. However, not all countries of origin have the same acceptance rates. Asylum applications in the EU increased from 2018 to 2019 by 13%, according to figures released … Read More

Bosnian minister: 100,000 migrants on their way to the EU

When the weather imrpoves, some migrants might get on the move, says Peter Van der Auweraert, regional coordinator of the International Organization for Migration. Fahrudin Radoncic, the Bosnian security minister, is warning the European Union that there might be up … Read More

Orbán tells Pellegrini: ‘It’s forbidden to say so in Europe, but migration is an organized invasion’

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovak counterpart Peter Pellegrini inspected the Hungarian-Serbian border on Thursday, one of the main obstacles for migrants attempting to enter Europe via the Balkans immigration route to Europe, with Slovakia renewing its commitment … Read More

Greece to speed up creation of migrant holding centers to ease tension

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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece plans to accelerate the creation of detention centers on its outlying islands in the Aegean Sea after a backlash against overcrowded camps by some migrants and nearby residents. Authorities said on Monday they would proceed with … Read More

Brussels secret document revealed: Should Europe fear?

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German “Spiegel” came into possession of a secret document, elaborated in the Brussels departments, claiming that a large wave of migrants could be expected. EPA-EFE/ ELIO DESIDERIO/ ilustracija Migrants would head towards Europe from ships off the coast of Libya. … Read More

Gov’t: Some 100,000 Migrants Gathered along Hungary Southern Border

Around 100,000 migrants have gathered south of Hungary along the border posing a risk at the country’s border, a government official said on Monday. In January, 3,400 illegal entry attempts were made, Bence Tuzson, the state secretary for public services … Read More

UNHCR Welcomes Human Rights Committee’s Ruling on Climate Refugee

FILE – Newly-arrived women who fled drought queue to receive food distributed by local volunteers at a camp for displaced persons in the Daynile neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu, in Somalia, May 18, 2019. GENEVA – The … Read More

Sweden And Its Welfare State In Crisis

Authored by Nima Gholam Ali Pour via The Gatestone Institute, The Swedish welfare state has often been praised by the left in the United States. After the migration crisis of 2015, however, when Sweden was flooded by Syrian refugee claimants, Sweden is now facing … Read More

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