As Germany welcomes thousands of refugees, with industries seeking ways to integrate newcomers into country’s workforce, Berlin’s move to temporarily bypass EU-wide regulations has met strong criticism from France’s Marine Le Pen who accused Germany of recruiting “slaves.” The German drive to open its doors to refugees, as well as debated plans to resettle asylum seekers across the EU has... 

The majority of French people are opposed to easing the rules for Muslim refugees hoping to settle in the country, according to a new poll. The survey also revealed that most citizens would support sending ground troops to fight Islamic State in Syria. The survey, conducted by Odoxa for Le Parisien, revealed that 55 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed were against softening the rules for refugees... 

Fresh clashes have erupted between police and anti-refugee demonstrators in eastern Germany a day after similar scuffles left dozens injured there. On Saturday, anti-immigration protesters took to the streets in the eastern town of Heidenau, to express their anger at the use of a former DIY superstore to house a group of illegal immigrants. The protest turned violent as police tried to disperse the... 

The Hejhal family is in shock. After Pentecost they received the notice of termination of renting contract of their apartment. So called refugees will move into the family’s former home. Now, the family of eight has no choice but to quickly find a new home, as they unexpectedly and without sufficient time to react, received a termination notice. The city Niederkassel, as landlord of the family’s... 

Hungary has indefinitely suspended EU asylum rules under which it must take back refugees who entered Europe though Hungary, a government spokesman said. EU Commission called on for immediate explanation. “Hungary’s asylum system is overburdened, the most overburdened among EU member states affected by illegal immigration,” the spokesman said in a statement. Under the suspension... 

Australia has called on Indonesia to better manage its borders, in a harsh rebuke to Jakarta’s demand for answers to allegations that Canberra paid off the crew of a migrant smuggling boat to return the vessel to Indonesian shores. The stinging response on Monday by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop came after her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi expressed concern on Saturday that if... 

How easy is it to become an EU citizen? As easy as 1, 2, 3! You just get in a boat, head towards Italy and voila, you’re now a “European”! No need for paperwork, work experience, high education, budget for self-sustaining for at least 1 year, clean background, language proficiency, none of that is required in the borderless EU land of insanity. Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi... 

The Australian prime minister says his government will not accept boats carrying migrants, many of whom are Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims who flee violence in their own country, saying it would worsen the problem and “encourage people to get on boats.” “If we do the slightest thing to encourage people to get on the boats, this problem will get worse, not better,” Tony Abbott said... 

Israel is offering illegal immigrants $3,500 and a one-way ticket home as it begins to crack down on refugees, who face prison if they don’t take up the deal. Rights groups are appalled at the move, saying Israel should be doing more to protect them. Israel says the tough move is necessary to send a message to migrants that making the journey is not worthwhile in the first place. As deterrents it... 

An Indonesian minister has threatened to release a “human tsunami” of 10,000 asylum seekers to Australia amid tensions with PM Tony Abbott’s government over Canberra’s objections to the impending execution of two Aussie drug smugglers. “If Canberra keeps doing things that displease Indonesia, Jakarta will surely let the illegal immigrants go to Australia,” Indonesia’s coordinating minister... 

With the slow push of Ukraine into the political grasp of the European Union, it seems only fitting that they also begin to experience the joys of diverse multiculturalism; not left complete without the standard influx of non-European illegal immigrants whining for free handouts. Long a stopping point on the route of Africans and Muslims into the more-plentiful grazing lands of the West, Ukraine’s... 

6000, 17000, 24000, 35000… now Pegida the movement is a scale that Germany would not have suspected. At least 17,500 people took part in a protest against Islamization in Germany’s eastern city of Dresden, according to police. The Monday rally comes as the latest round of demonstrations organized by the rising far-right PEGIDA movement. Thousands gathered by Dresden’s iconic opera house,... 

Up to 15,000 people have marched against “asylum cheats” in anti-Islamization rally in Dresden, Germany. The group’s protests are attracting bigger crowds every week since its first rally in October, which gathered just a few hundred people. Nationalist activists carried banners reading “Zero tolerance towards criminal asylum seekers”, “Protect our homeland” and “Stop the Islamisation”. They... 

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison Australia says it is set to introduce tougher reforms in the case of the country’s asylum-seeker policy, placing more pressure on refugees to prove their claims. According to Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014, introduced by Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison, visas may be denied to those who fail to present... 

Many boats have left North Africa and have been heading to the Italian island of Lampedusa – such as these migrants who arrived earlier this year in February. More than 4,000 migrants have arrived on Europe’s shores by boat in the past two days, with the Italian government calling the crisis ‘increasingly glaring’. The emergency comes days after Italy’s Home Secretary Angelino...