The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into six employees of the Munich Immigration Office on charges of corruption. Searches were conducted at the Immigration Office and at the homes of four of the suspects. The prosecution detained the accused based on arrest warrants issued by the Munich District Court. In addition, another…
The Polish opposition has accused the government of covertly assisting Germany in transferring thousands of migrants into Poland. Just days after a protest at the western border, key opposition leaders, including Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of the Law and Justice party, visited the southern border with Germany. They urged Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government to…
Media reports by The Telegraph revealed secret negotiations between Germany and its neighboring countries to form an international coalition aimed at pushing back migrants at the border. Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is advocating for talks with Poland, France, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Switzerland. The proposed coalition would focus on…
A Syrian refugee carried out a random knife attack on pedestrians in the city of Villach, in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia, killing a 14-year-old teenager and injuring five other men, including two in critical condition. Police arrested the suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian man with legal residency in Austria. Police have not revealed the…
Spanish Civil Guard forces have arrested seven smugglers accused of beating eight migrants to death during a violent clash on a boat traveling from Senegal to the Spanish Canary Islands. According to Spanish police, the confrontation erupted between the smugglers and the migrants, resulting in the deaths of eight individuals, including a 14-month-old child, and…
The Council of State in Athens has overturned a government decision that classified Turkey as a safe third country. This classification was jointly issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Migration and Asylum. The ruling was made in a closed session and passed by a majority vote. Michalis Pikramenos, President of…
A fake video circulating on social media in Greece falsely portrays demonstrations from last February as anti-migrant and refugee protests. The video has amassed nearly 1.2 million views on Twitter, with Euro News reporting that many of these views were artificially boosted by bot-like fake accounts as part of a coordinated disinformation campaign. An investigative…
The European Court of Justice held a hearing on a case referred by the Italian judiciary concerning migrant reception centers in Albania. The European Commission backed the Italian government’s stance on the classification of safe countries. It asserts that designating European countries as safe aligns with European Union law, even when this classification applies to…
The British government has introduced amendments to the guidelines for immigration officers, seeking to prevent asylum seekers who entered the country illegally from obtaining British citizenship. Many legal experts argue that these new amendments violate international refugee agreements to which the UK is committed. The new changes are expected to prevent asylum seekers from obtaining…
The Dutch government has announced that it will proceed with its plan to send rejected asylum seekers to Uganda. This initiative, developed by Reinette Klever, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Aid, and Marjolein Faber, Minister of Asylum and Migration, stipulates that rejected asylum seekers will be sent to Uganda only after they have exhausted…
The German Bundestag has rejected an immigration bill put forward by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU). Although the bill initially secured a majority in the preliminary vote with support from the Alternative for Germany (AfD), it ultimately failed to pass by a narrow margin. A total of 350 MPs…
Geert Wilders, the right-wing leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, has threatened to pull out of the ruling coalition and push for early elections if a strict asylum bill is not passed. His warning follows a contentious recommendation from an advisory body against submitting the legislation to parliament. The Dutch Council of State’s advisory body…
