Europe needs no migrant influx, Mrs Lagarde – it needs innovation and babies
Christine Lagarde is one of those people whose business is to know better than us what is good for us. Now she insists Europe’s economy needs migrants to grow.
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US Special Envoy slams German leader Merz after knife attack on US student
Richard Grenell, the US Presidential Envoy for Special Missions, has criticised German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over Germany’s lax response to a rise in immigrant…
Israeli tourists attacked at Dutch holiday park
Two Israeli tourists in the Netherlands suffered injuries after being attacked in a holiday park were they were staying.
UK sees record number of asylum applications
Britain has received a record number of asylum applications, official data showed on August 21, as the government faces growing pressure over the housing of thousands…
Austrian court allows use of Islamic Sharia law in private contracts
In a controversial decision, an Austrian court has ruled Islamic law (Sharia) can be used for arbitration purposes in the European country if the contract parties…
13-year-old ‘Islamist’ girl allegedly stabs caretaker on German psychiatric ward
A 13-year-old girl has allegedly stabbed and critically injured her 24-year-old caretaker in a psychiatric clinic in Paderborn in the German State of North Rhine…
Family separated by Polish Government strict application of European law
A Polish family has been forcibly separated from their children as a result of a political decision taken by the current centre-left government led by Prime Minister…
French former minister of European affairs targeted over ‘racist remarks’
Noëlle Lenoir, the former Minister of European Affairs, has got into trouble over remarks about Algerian people she made on the French TV Channel CNews.
‘Britain’s being scammed’ MP accuses France of ‘letting migrants into the UK’
British Conservative MP Robert Jenrick has accused France of all but letting migrants into Britain, claiming the UK is being “scammed” by its ally across the…
Poland to expel 63 migrants over concert riot and militant-nationalist Bandera flag
Poland said it would expel 63 people after a controversial Ukrainian nationalist symbol was displayed at a concert in Warsaw.
European court defers Austrian deportation of second asylum seeker to Syria
The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has stopped the deportation of an asylum seeker criminal from Austria to his home country Syria with a last-minute injunction.
Gang racks in millions by smuggling migrants daily into the EU
Hundreds of migrants, up to 480 per day, were trafficked into the European Union, mostly ending up in Germany and the Netherlands, via the Balkan route, authorities…
Governments give weak gestures on migrants, people reply with rage
This week, France’s government punished a Moroccan migrant.
‘Spain is Christian’: Town bans muslim celebrations in public spaces
The Spanish town of Jumilla, located in the southeastern region of Murcia, has become the first municipality in Spain to explicitly ban Islamic religious festivities…
Germany to extend border controls in migration crackdown
Germany will push on with temporary border controls beyond a September deadline as it cracks down on irregular immigration, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt…
Amnesty International blames Musk’s X for fuelling ‘UK Southport riots’ racist violence’
Amnesty International has accused social media giant X of playing a key role in the spread of "racist and Islamophobic narratives" that ignited violence following…
AfD candidate excluded from German mayoral race over alleged ‘lack of constitutional loyalty’
The main German opposition party's candidate has been excluded from running for mayor in Ludwigshafen, an industrial city of 170,000 people in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Migrant shocks France by lighting cigarette with flame of the Unknown Soldier
A video of a man walking on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and using the flame of remembrance in Paris caused outrage in France.
Rwanda to reuse UK-funded accommodation to take in 250 illegal migrants from US
The central African country of Rwanda will accept up to 250 migrants deported from the US.
Brutal knife attack in Vienna’s new ‘weapons-free zone’
A violent stabbing in a newly inaugurated supposedly protected zone at a crime hotspot in Vienna has rocked locals and officials alike.
UK activist Tommy Robinson arrested for alleged assault
British police have arrested the political activist Tommy Robinson for an alleged assault on a man at St Pancras station.
Germany’s Söder demands end of welfare payments to Ukrainian refugees
German Conservative heavyweight politician Markus Söder said he wanted to exclude Ukrainians in Germany from the country’s increasingly expensive social welfare…
Asylum claims to Germany fall by more than half
Germany has seen a sharp decline in new asylum requests after Berlin introduced tougher policies on mass migration.
Landmark ECJ rulings drastically expand migrants’ rights and limit State discretion
In two landmark decisions, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has significantly restricted how European Union member states manage asylum claims, delivering a setback…
Urgent EU automation can curb migrant numbers and bring rapid industrial growth
Europe is being left behind on automation. With a fertility rate of 1.38 children per woman in 2023—that is, well below the 2.
New Ukraine law rules deportations from Communist Poland illegal
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law legislation that recognises ethnic Ukrainians expelled from Communist Poland after the Second World…
Poland mulls suspending visa-free Schengen access
Poland is considering the possibility of suspending visa-free travel for citizens of certain countries within the Schengen Area.
Every metric in British life reeks of necrosis
Jericho did not fall simply because of the trumpets, and Britain is not falling simply because of its utterly contemptible Labour government.
A record 742,000 pensioners in Germany now depend on welfare
The number of German old-age pensioners relying on social welfare has risen by 32 per cent since 2020, to a record 742,000.
Will Gazans be relocated to Europe?
What I am about to outline is quite disturbing. So much so, in fact, that I sincerely hope to be mistaken in the connections being drawn.