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Anti-immigrant sentiments rise in UK

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Anti-immigrant sentiments are on the rise in Britain with more than three-quarters of the people saying that the number of new immigrant arrivals in the country should be limited, a new survey has found. A survey by the British Social Attitudes showed that almost 77 percent of Britons supported a reduction in the number of the immigrants to their country. Out of the 77 percent, 56 percent wanted the... 

Bulgaria ex-FM slams UK immigration 'mass hysteria'

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Bulgaria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov Bulgaria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov has censured the current “mass hysteria” concerning the immigration debate in the UK. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on Friday, Mladenov said the warnings issued by some British media outlets about an influx of eastern European migrants to the UK... 

Romanian Ambassador mocks British lawmakers and newspapers

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Romania’s Ambassador to the UK Ion Jinga Romanian Ambassador to the UK Ion Jinga has mocked British newspapers and lawmakers waiting for an influx of Romanian immigrants to arrive in the country after transitional controls were lifted. Jinga said the MPs and reporters waiting for the arrival of Romanian immigrants at the London Luton Airport on January 1 “discovered that only two Romanians”... 

More Spaniards migrating amid soaring joblessness

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Spaniards wait in line at a government employment office in the Madrid suburb of Santa Eugenia. Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) says the country’s population is shrinking at an accelerating pace amid soaring unemployment. The INE said on Tuesday that nearly 260,000 people moved from the crisis-hit country in the first half of 2013, while only 134,312 migrated to the country. This left... 

Do Europeans owe their lives to migrants?

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The question of who lives at the expense of whom in the EU and who owes whom, migrants to the local population, or vice versa, is the most discussed in Europe. The issue is not foreign to the UK that has been promoting its policy of multiculturalism for many years. Pravda.Ru talked to experts to find out whether this policy was advantageous. Britain in recent decades has been flooded with immigrants... 

France dismantles Roma camp, evicts 800 immigrants

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French authorities have evicted some 800 Roma immigrants from a campground in northern France, as the controversial treatment of the Roma population in the European country continues. Around 300 police forces attacked the Roma camp in Saint-Ouen in the northern suburbs of Paris early on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of Roma people, including women and children, to leave the place. The cleared shantytown... 

Ethiopians hold anti-Saudi demo in Washington

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Ethiopians have held a protest rally outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington to condemn Riyadh’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants in the kingdom. On Sunday, the Ethiopian protesters also attempted to storm the embassy complex before police intervened. They were specifically angry at the recent shooting of three Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia. Similar demonstrations were also held outside Saudi embassies... 

Bulgaria deports 100 illegal immigrants

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Refugees at a camp in Bulgaria Bulgaria has deported nearly 100 immigrants at its border with Turkey as the poorest country of the European Union grapples with a sharp rise in the number of refugees from non-EU states. Speaking on Bulgarian National Radio on Sunday, the secretary general of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry Svetlozar Lazarov said the group of immigrants was stopped in the Strandzha mountains,... 

1200 migrants detained, warehouse raid following violent Moscow riot

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The aftermath of mass riots near the Biryulyovo-Tovarnaya train station Moscow authorities have closed a vegetable warehouse and detained 1,200 people after a violent Sunday protest in Moscow’s residential area of Biryulyovo. A car with money and weapons has been found as Moscow police raided a warehouse which locals call the main attraction for migrants. On Sunday it turned into the scene of a mass... 

92 African illegal immigrants die in boat incident near Italy

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At least 92 people died in an incident where a boat carrying some 500 illegal immigrants caught fire and capsized near an Italian island in what seems like a never ending flood of illegal immigrants who desperately want to move to the EU. Emergency workers found 92 bodies, including those of two children and several women, after the deadly boat incident on Thursday, Italy’s news agency ANSA cited... 

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus: “ELAM and Golden Dawn have many positive children”

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While some of the clergy speak against Golden Dawn, there are also those of the clergy who examine things honestly and objectively, and as a result speak in favor of Golden Dawn. Archbishop Chrysostomos is an Archbishop from Cyprus who made such a statement in favor of Golden Dawn. “When these young people began to appear, I called for them to come see me at the archdiocese and saw many positive... 

Criticism hits France after Interior Minister disowns Gypsy migrants

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France has come under fire from the European Commission after Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Roma migrants “are due to return to their motherlands” because of their lifestyle, which is “in confrontation” with the French way of living. “They should return to Romania or Bulgaria and for that the European Union, with the Bulgarian and Romanian authorities, must ensure these populations... 

Hungry China wants to 'borrow' land from 'bread basket' Ukraine for 50 years

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The Chinese plan to lease 5 percent of Ukraine’s total land to grow crops may be nothing more than a pipe dream. Ukrainian officials say they know nothing of the deal, reported in a Chinese newspaper over the weekend. Food demand in China is expected to grow along with industrialization, and China has been land-grabbing across the globe, with 7.4 million acres (3 million hectares) in Ukraine being... 

Americans Sign Petition To Let Illegals Out Of Prison, No Matter What Crimes They Committed

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Public supports letting murderers, rapists and thieves back on the streets. Another stark reminder of how mind-numbingly slavish many Americans are was provided this week when activist Mark Dice managed to garner several signatures on a petition to release all illegal aliens from prisons, even if they are convicted rapists or murderers. “Help get the illegals out of prisons and jails, and support... 

UK watchdog to investigate ‘go home’ anti-illegal immigration campaign

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The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority confirmed on Thursday that it would investigate the Home Office’s ‘Go Home’ van campaign targeted at illegal immigrants amid repeated complaints to the multicultural watchdog that it echoed “racist slogans”. The regulator stated that some 60 complaints had been made about the “Go Home or Face Arrest” billboard campaign by illegals who... 
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