Hundreds of masked men rally to block immigrants in Dover
Two nights of "stop the boats" blockades leave the British Government facing an organised, coordinated form of anti-immigration protest.
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German migration commissioner resigns after new questions over family link to Stade massacre
Gazioglu, a 45-year-old Turkish national from the Hanover area, allegedly shot six employees at a mother-and-child facility in Stade on June 29.
Burnham and Macron now want Channel deterrence scaled up across Europe
Both governments have promised tougher action before, and French police still cannot stop a dinghy once it is afloat.
Channel gangs turn to ‘mega dinghies’ as crackdown dries up small boat supply
Once-rival criminal networks are pooling migrants onto single vessels after police interceptions left the smugglers short of inflatable boats
UN Refugee Agency faces 3,500 job cuts and severe budget shrinkage
The sharp descent in resources is largely driven by a cumulative decline in foreign aid contributions, most notably steep reductions from the United States.
Brussels wants more answers from Madrid before reinforcing Frontex in Ceuta
The Commission refuses to discuss the leaked police report and calls Morocco a strategic partner on migration.
MEPs rally outside European Parliament in support of Ceuta
Chants included "Ceuta is not for sale, Ceuta defends itself" and "Long live Spain, long live Ceuta".
Spain’s foreign minister accuses EU governments of amplifying Ceuta disinformation
Albares asked partners for political and financial solidarity at the European Union's only land border with Africa
Birmingham council seeks High Court ban on British flags hung from lampposts
Breach of the proposed injunction would be contempt of court, carrying up to two years in prison or an unlimited fine.
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Austrian Chancellor Stocker calls for constitutional ban on ‘political Islam’
Pressed on how he would obtain the two-thirds parliamentary majority such a law would need, the chancellor said he did not know.
Portugal’s president enacts faster expulsion of illegal immigrants after Chega abstention
The Constitutional Court cleared the text days earlier after the president queried detention limits and safeguards for children.
Italy extends Schengen suspension on Spain as Madrid answers in kind
Rome says the conditions that triggered its border checks on August 1 still stand, a month after tens of thousands crossed into Ceuta.
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UK forced marriage unit takes 100 referrals for children aged 12 or under
The Home Office declined to give the age of the youngest child referred over the period, saying disclosure could deter others from coming forward.
London council moves Islamic school with ‘compulsory’ hijab rule into State sector
Barnet Hill Academy is due to become a taxpayer-funded voluntary aided school on September 1, with secularists objecting that girls from the age of seven must cover…
Foreign suspects in German sex offence cases more than double since 2000
A German Government reply to a nationalist MP records a 148.2 per cent rise over 25 years, with suspects in threat offences up 231.5 per cent
Muslim voters hand Sweden’s left-wing parties a landslide as Government support collapses
Previously unpublished Novus figures put combined backing for the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Greens at 85 per cent among Muslim respondents, against…
Crépol suspects shared Snapchat thread laced with anti-France abuse
Fourteen people of the attacking group remain under formal investigation for murder and attempted murder.
France threatens aid cuts to African states over Mayotte migration
The countries concerned are the Comoros, Burundi, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia and Kenya.
National emergency: Gun violence in Brussels outpaces the institutions meant to contain it
Federal and regional authorities agreed on 40 extra police officers, 20 mobile cameras and an additional infantry platoon at a security council.
Berlin police has difficulties recruiting German-speaking officers
The German test, a dictation plus grammar, remains the main filter. About 40 per cent of applicants fail it.
Muslims make up nearly one in five prisoners in England and Wales, almost three times their population share
Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy has published the figures alongside a demand for an inquiry into alleged forced conversions behind bars.
Nearly three-quarters of Britons oppose entry for men from countries where women lack equal rights
Opposition ran at close to six to one in polling commissioned by the Women's Policy Centre.
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Ireland moves to tighten citizenship after five years above 100,000 arrivals
Some 110,600 people came to the State in the 12 months to April 2026, and 24,059 became Irish citizens in 2024, the highest annual figure in a decade.
Undercover reporter films Channel people smugglers at work
Christian Drogan paid €1,400 for a place on a dinghy and says four traffickers stepped off mid-crossing onto a French patrol boat
Mohammed VI pardons 634 as Moroccan offender numbers increase in Europe
The King used a religious holiday to release extremism convicts by decree, days after tens of thousands crossed into Ceuta
More than four in five North African asylum seekers in Switzerland face crime accusations
Justice Minister Beat Jans has promised faster detention and shorter removal deadlines after the internal figures reached the public.
Baden-Württemberg issues emergency form to schools over forced marriage risk during summer holidays
The document offers practical guidance for teachers on recognising warning signs and lists specialised advice centres that can assist.
Ceuta emergency calls rise tenfold to 200 a day after invasion
Officers in the city were working shifts of up to 16 hours and sleeping in army barracks, the union said.
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Italy seeks compensation from Berlin over migrants brought ashore by German NGOs
The figures cover the period since Giorgia Meloni's Government took office in October 2022.
Protesters jailed longer than migrant who sexually assaulted 14-year-old that sparked Epping unrest
Footage showed Land repeatedly attacking police vehicles, including climbing onto one and kicking the windscreen while masked.