A former top ranking official in German security and intelligence has called for an investigation into the Merkel administration’s handling of the ‘refugee’ crisis since 2014. Hans-Georg Maassen, president of Germany’s domestic security agency until 2018, told local media a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry should be established to examine the federal government’s management... 

Nearly 60 percent of Europeans believe the threat of terrorism increases as more refugees arrive in their countries, a PEW survey has found. Half of respondents also see them as an economic “burden” because “they take our jobs and social benefits.” A Pew Research Center survey, published on Monday, showed that the majority of people polled in 10 European countries, which accounts for 80 percent... 

German authorities fear there could be as many as 7,000 Muslim extremists in the country by the end of the year. Disenfranchised youths are particularly vulnerable to being recruited, while there are around 450 German extremists in Syria and Iraq. The extremists all follow the strict interpretation of Islam known as Salafism and believe that jihad is a legitimate tool in their fight against the West,...