Germany: Arson Attack Leaves Wertheim Refugee Shelter Uninhabitable

Unknown perpetrators set fire to a sports hall in Wertheim, Sunday, according to local police. The building was set to become a shelter for hundreds of refugees. A local official said that after the fire, the building was dilapidated and no longer usable.

'After Invasion US Allowed Iraq to Slip into Disaster' - Ex-Iraqi Defense Minister

The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement bring stability to the troubled region? Oksana is joined by Dr Ali Allawi, an Iraqi Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2006, to analyse these issues.

Austria Takes in 15,000 More Migrants as EU's East-West Rift Widens over Solution to Crisis

Thousands more arrivals reach Austrian border after gruelling journey through Balkans

Read the Telegraph article here | Dan Nolan, Tovarnik and AFP | Sunday, September 20, 2015

Slovenia Police Use Pepper Spray On Migrants At Croatia Border

People have been treated for the effects of pepper spray after police clashed with around 500 migrants trying to get into the country from Croatia.

HT: Jihad Watch »

Christians 'Martyred for Beliefs Every FIVE MINUTES by Islamic State and Other Terrorists'

SUNDAY EXPRESS: CHRISTIANS are being martyred for their faith every five minutes by barbaric Islamic State militants and other terror groups, a shocking new report has claimed.

Believers are often singled out, tortured and faced with the brutal choice of converting to Islam or being slaughtered, according to Christian Freedom International.

Those who refuse to comply have reportedly had their limbs cut off or have been crucified.

Research by CFI found that more than 200 million followers are facing persecution in 105 countries making Christianity the most at-risk faith group in the world.

More Christians have been martyred in the 20th and 21st centuries than during the previous 19 combined, the organisation has claimed.

The human rights group's president Jim Jacobson said: “Islamic State Militants in Iraq are using Christian churches as torture chambers where they force Christians to either convert to Islam or die.

“Islamic State militants are also stripping the former places of Christian worship of ancient relics which in turn are smuggled to Western collectors to help fund their terrorist activities." » | Scott Campbell | Sunday, September 20, 2015

UAE Declares Three Days of Mourning after Death of Dubai Ruler’s Son

Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Al Maktoum was a keen
sportsman and horse racing enthusiast.

THE GUARDIAN: Sheikh Rashid of United Arab Emirates, a graduate of Sandhurst, dies of heart attack aged 33

The United Arab Emirates has declared a three-day period of mourning after the son of Dubai’s ruler died of a heart attack.

Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum died aged 33, the UAE’s state news agency, WAM, reported. » | Associated Press | Saturday, September 19, 2015

The Death of Germany | European Migrant Crisis

Question: "I’m a German citizen. Is there a solution to the Immigrant crisis in Germany/Europe - or is history repeating itself and we are on the brink of a new European war?"

Newsnight: The Public and Private Face of Margaret Thatcher

Woman Suffers Severe Facial Burns after Acid Attack by Man Outside Bar

THE TELEGRAPH: Woman suffered burns to face and neck after acid was thrown at her on a night out

A woman has suffered severe burns to her face, neck and arms after she had acid thrown over her during a night out.

Witnesses saw a man throw the acid outside the Turtle Bay bar and restaurant in Southampton.

Staff from the bar gave first aid before an ambulance arrived and described her injuries as "horrific".

A bar worker said: "The acid was in her whole face and eyes - she's probably going to be blinded.

"Neither her [sic] nor her attacker were actually guests here, we were just helping out and providing first aid treatment. She said it was two men.

"Her face looked like it was melting; it was quite clear there was a lot of damage. It happened just outside in the middle of the square."

The incident happened at 9pm on Friday. » | Nicola Harley | Saturday, September 19, 2015

Border Chaos: Over 15,000 Refugees Force Their Way to Croatia

Over 15-thousand migrants and refugees have crossed into Croatia after Hungary closed its border with Serbia. Overwhelmed by the influx, the Croatian government has closed 7 of its 8 border crossings with Serbia as well. It provoked desperate scuffles between refugees and police.

Munich Fears Migrants and Beer Hunters May Not Mix Well at Oktoberfest

THE GUARDIAN: Officials keen to keep revellers away from Muslim refugees ‘who are not used to very drunk people in public’, but festival organisers say it’s an overreaction

Pedro Feiten, a Brazilian, is celebrating Oktoberfest and immigration in Munich this year, raising a glass to the difficult journeys that took his ancestors away from Germany nearly two centuries ago and are bringing others to the country today.

“Our relatives were fleeing war when they left Germany. The people coming here now are like we were then,” said Feiten, heading off in traditional Lederhosen bought especially for the beer-drinking festival, which starts on Saturday.

But not everyone in Munich thinks the city’s twin influx of tourists and refugees is so compatible. Many of the region’s top politicians have been worrying publicly about whether they can cope when the annual Oktoberfest kicks off in a city that has become one of the focal points of Europe’s migration crisis.

Tens of thousands of refugees have flooded into Munich since the start of the month when Angela Merkel effectively declared Germany’s borders open, sometimes more than 10,000 arriving in a single day on trains and buses. Mixing that pace of new arrivals with up to 6 million beer-drinking revellers who usually descend on the Bavarian capital for two weeks of festivities could cause tensions, regional interior minister Joachim Herrmann warned. » | Emma Graham-Harrison in Munich | Friday, September 18, 2015

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La Hongrie accuse la Croatie d'encourager les migrants à "violer la loi"

LE POINT: Le ministre hongrois des Affaires étrangères, Peter Szijjarto, dénonce l'attitude de la Croatie qui achemine des migrants à sa frontière.

La Croatie, qui se dit débordée par l'arrivée massive de migrants sur son territoire, acheminait vendredi les candidats à l'exil par bus vers la Hongrie, dont certains ont déjà pu traverser la frontière pour une destination encore inconnue. Budapest a aussitôt accusé les autorités croates d'encourager les migrants à violer la loi en franchissant "illégalement" sa frontière. » | Le Point.fr | vendredi 18 septembre 2015

Prime Minister and Wilders Clash over Refugees

DUTCH NEWS: Prime minister Mark Rutte launched a strong attack on PVV leader Geert Wilders during the second day of debate on the government’s 2016 spending plans.

During his speech on Wednesday, Wilders had used phrases such as ‘Islamic asylum tsunami’ and described refugees as ‘testosterone bombs’ who ‘threaten our girls’. Rutte said on Thursday such terminology is ‘terrible’ and failed to make any contribution to finding a solution.

While agreeing with Wilders that some councils had not properly consulted their residents about the arrival of refugee centres, the prime minister said he had ‘very great faith’ in the Dutch people. They understand there is no simple answer to this complex problem, Rutte said.

‘We have to be fair to voters,’ Rutte said. ‘This is a complicated issue and there is no simple solution… and Wilders knows that more than anyone.’ » | Thursday, September 17, 2015

US-Russia Military Talks on Syria as Kremlin Says It 'Will Consider Sending Troops to Help Assad'

Vladimir Putin warned earlier this week that Isil's influence
has spread "far beyond" the borders of Iraq and Syria, but
that it is as yet "too early" to talk about air strikes in support
of Assad against Isil

THE TELEGRAPH: Kremlin gives clearest indications to date that troop deployments in Syria to help regime fight Islamic State jihadists may be imminent.

US and Russian defence chiefs spoke for the first time in over a year on Friday, breaking their silence to discuss the crisis in Syrian as Moscow's increasing military buildup raised the prospect of coordination between the former Cold War foes.

The Pentagon said the call lasted about 50 minutes and included an agreement for further US-Russian talks about ways to keep their respective militaries out of each other's way.

Washington last year cut off high-level military talks with Moscow after Russia's annexation of Crimea and intervention in Ukraine.

But Russia's military buildup in Syria has raised the possibility of simultaneous US and Russian air combat missions in Syrian airspace.

A US officials said Friday that Russia has recently deployed four fighter jets to Latakia airbase in Syria where it has been building up forces in recent weeks.

The talks came as Russia said it will consider any request from the embattled Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad to send its troops to fight Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

With concerns already growing over Russia’s military presence in war-torn Syria, the comments are one of the clearest indications to date that troop deployments in Syria may be imminent. » | Howard Amos, Moscow | Friday, September 18, 2015

EU Should 'Undermine National Homogeneity' Says UN Migration Chief

BBC: The EU should "do its best to undermine" the "homogeneity" of its member states, the UN's special representative for migration has said.

Peter Sutherland told peers the future prosperity of many EU states depended on them becoming multicultural.

He also suggested the UK government's immigration policy had no basis in international law.

He was being quizzed by the Lords EU home affairs sub-committee which is investigating global migration.

Mr Sutherland, who is non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International and a former chairman of oil giant BP, heads the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which brings together representatives of 160 nations to share policy ideas.

He told the House of Lords committee migration was a "crucial dynamic for economic growth" in some EU nations "however difficult it may be to explain this to the citizens of those states".

'More open'

An ageing or declining native population in countries like Germany or southern EU states was the "key argument and, I hesitate to the use word because people have attacked it, for the development of multicultural states", he added.

"It's impossible to consider that the degree of homogeneity which is implied by the other argument can survive because states have to become more open states, in terms of the people who inhabit them. Just as the United Kingdom has demonstrated."

The UN special representative on migration was also quizzed about what the EU should do about evidence from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that employment rates among migrants were higher in the US and Australia than EU countries.

He told the committee: "The United States, or Australia and New Zealand, are migrant societies and therefore they accommodate more readily those from other backgrounds than we do ourselves, who still nurse a sense of our homogeneity and difference from others.

"And that's precisely what the European Union, in my view, should be doing its best to undermine." » | Brian Wheeler, Political reporter, BBC News | Thursday, June 21, 2012

HT: Roger Savage »

35 MILLION Migrants Heading to Europe, Says Hungary as It Builds Second Fence

Migrants seen rioting at the Serbia/Hungary border this week

EXPRESS: SHOCK estimates predict up to 35 MILLION refugees could head for Europe due to hugely unstable situations across the world.

The huge figure was revealed today by Hungary's minister for foreign affairs and trade Peter Szijjártó.

Speaking as the country begins work on its second fence to stop migrants heading across its border he predicted the current crisis will continue for years.

Mr Szijjártó told the Hungarian Times: "The name of the fence is 'Temporary Security Border Fence' but I think there is no question that in this case temporary means years.

"It's a self delusion to call this situation a migration crisis; it is a massive migration of nations, with inexhaustible reserves.

"I don't think that the analysis results, stating that 30-35 million people out there could possibly become migrants, would be an exaggeration.

"Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan are all countries with a huge population and an extremely unstable situation." » | Rob Virtue and Agnes Kegl | Friday, September 18, 2015

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Comment Munich s’apprête à gérer sa Fête de la bière et l’arrivée de migrants

LE MONDE: En plein afflux de réfugiés en Bavière, la ville de Munich s’apprête à accueillir dès samedi 19 septembre et jusqu’au 4 octobre 6 millions de visiteurs pour sa traditionnelle Fête de la bière. Devant cette conjonction particulière, les autorités bavaroises ont décidé de prendre des mesures pour éviter tout débordement.

Pour la 182e édition de l’Oktoberfest, la police a prévu de séparer les buveurs de bière et les migrants, souvent musulmans, afin d’éviter le choc culturel et d’empêcher que la situation ne dégénère. « Ces demandeurs d’asile de pays musulmans ne sont pas habitués à rencontrer en public des gens extrêmement ivres, a déclaré le ministre de l’intérieur bavarois, Joachim Herrmann. Notre but est de séparer les différents groupes pour qu’aucune situation de conflit n’apparaisse. »

Si les nouveaux arrivants sont moins nombreux à Munich depuis la réintroduction de contrôles à la frontière autrichienne dimanche, où ils sont désormais pris en charge, les arrivées restent quotidiennes à la gare de la capitale bavaroise. » | Le Monde.fr avec AFP | vendredi 18 septembre 2015

Débordée, la Croatie ne souhaite plus accueillir de migrants

LE MONDE: Nouvelle porte d’entrée en Europe occidentale après la fermeture des frontières hongroises, la Croatie semble aujourd’hui débordée par l’afflux de migrants sur son territoire. Le premier ministre croate, Zoran Milanovic, a annoncé, vendredi 18 septembre, que son pays n’enregistrerait plus de nouveaux arrivants et que les migrants ne seraient plus hébergés.

« La Hongrie a verrouillé sa frontière avec du fil barbelé, ce n’est pas une solution, mais la solution n’est pas non plus que ces gens restent en Croatie », a lancé M. Milanovic. La Croatie s’était imposée comme la nouvelle route pour gagner l’Europe occidentale depuis le verrouillage de la frontière serbo-hongroise. Dans un premier temps, les autorités croates avaient laissé le passage libre aux hommes, femmes et enfants qui entraient dans son territoire pour gagner l’Europe de l’Ouest. » | Le Monde.fr avec AFP, AP et Reuters | vendredi 18 septembre 2015

Tsipras schwört Anhänger auf Wahlsieg ein

Tsipras gibt sich optimistisch: Bein seinem letzten grossen Auftritt
vor der Wahl am Sonntag schickt er eine "Nachricht des Sieges".

NEUE LUZERNER ZEITUNG: GRIECHENLAND ⋅ Umfragen sagen bei der Parlamentswahl in Griechenland am Sonntag ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen voraus. Ex-Regierungschef Alexis Tsipras hat sich zum Wahlkampfabschluss überzeugt vom Triumph seiner Links-Partei Syriza gezeigt.

"Die heutige Versammlung schickt eine Nachricht des Sieges", sagte Tsipras am Freitagabend bei einer Rede auf dem zentralen Platz vor dem Parlament in Athen. Griechenland ziehe "einen Schlussstrich unter das Kapitel des alten (korrupten) Systems".

Er werde sein Land in den kommenden Jahren verändern und wolle weiter hart kämpfen für ein Griechenland der Solidarität, sagte Tsipras. "Manche glaubten, sie könnten uns leicht los werden. Sie irren sich." Die konservativen Kräfte hätten sich verkalkuliert. "Wir werden ein starkes Mandat am Sonntag bekommen."

Zusammen mit der spanischen, britischen und portugiesischen Linken wolle er für mehr Solidarität in Europa kämpfen, sagte Tsipras weiter. Einen Grexit - einen Austritt Griechenland aus der Eurozone - werde es nicht geben, auch wenn einige dies wünschten. » | sda/dpa/reu | Freitag, 18. September 2015

Japan setzt auf neue Militärdoktrin

Grosserfolg für Premierminister Abe: Er hat sein Prestigeprojekt
durch das Parlament gebracht, allen Widerständen zum Trotz.

NEUE LUZERNER ZEITUNG: JAPAN ⋅ Das japanische Parlament hat nach hitzigen Debatten die umstrittene Reform der Verteidigungspolitik verabschiedet, mit der erstmals seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg Soldaten zu Kampfeinsätzen ins Ausland entsandt werden könnten.

Die neue Militärdoktrin wurde am frühen Samstag (Ortszeit) vom Oberhaus in Tokio angenommen. Gegen die Reform hatte es viel Widerstand in der Bevölkerung gegeben. Nach Ansicht von Kritikern gibt Japan damit die pazifistische Grundausrichtung des Staats auf. » | sda/afp | Freitag, 18. September 2015

Croatia 'Will Not Become a Migrant Hotspot' Says Prime Minister

THE GUARDIAN: Zoran Milanović says refugees will be given food and shelter before being moved on, as country closes road border crossings with Serbia

Croatia can no longer carry the burden of the thousands of refugees and migrants who have entered in recent days, its prime minister has said, as he announced a new policy of moving people on, instead of registering and accommodating them in accordance with EU rules.

More than 13,000 people have entered Croatia from Serbia since Wednesday, following the closure of Hungary’s Serbian border. Croatia has closed seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia, though people are continuing to enter through the countryside.

Zoran Milanović, the Croatian PM, told a news conference: “We cannot register and accommodate these people any longer. They will get food, water and medical help, and then they can move on. The European Union must know that Croatia will not become a migrant hotspot.”

In an echo of the language adopted by David Cameron earlier this month, he added: “We have hearts, but we also have heads.” » | Matthew Weaver and agencies | Friday, September 18, 2015

Former Nobel Official: Obama Prize Failed to Achieve Goals

President Obama receiving his prize in 2009

YNET NEWS: Breaking with official tradition, the former secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize says Obama failed to live up to the panel's expectations.

In a break with Nobel tradition, the former secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize committee says the 2009 award to President Barack Obama failed to live up to the panel's expectations.

Geir Lundestad writes in a book released on Thursday that the committee had expected the prize to deliver a boost to Obama. Instead the award was met with fierce criticism in the US, where many argued Obama had not been president long enough to have an impact worthy of the Nobel.

"Even many of Obama's supporters believed that the prize was a mistake," Lundestad wrote in excerpts of the book read by The Associated Press. "In that sense the committee didn't achieve what it had hoped for." » | AP | Friday, September 19, 2015

Comment Daesh utilise la crise des réfugiés pour sa propagande

LE POINT: Après avoir récupéré la photo du petit Aylan, le groupe djihadiste multiplie les vidéos pour dissuader les départs de Syriens et d'Irakiens vers l'Europe.

La cellule de propagande de l'organisation djihadiste État islamique sait s'inspirer de l'actualité. Pour mettre en garde ceux qui essaient de fuir vers l'Europe, l'EI a d'abord utilisé l'image du corps du petit Aylan Kurdi, trois ans, photographié sur une plage de Bodrum en Turquie après le naufrage du bateau qui devait le conduire avec sa famille en Grèce.

Elle vient de publier une dizaine de vidéos utilisant l'image des migrants pour « dénoncer l'émigration vers l'Occident, et notamment la France », affirme le spécialiste des réseaux djihadistes David Thomson sur Twitter. Des djihadistes de l'organisation y témoignent, mettant en garde contre un départ vers l'Europe : « En Europe, vous allez vers un mirage. L'Europe ne vous accordera ni la sécurité, ni la fierté, ni le confort. Vous allez dormir dans des parcs. Vous allez vider les poubelles des mécréants. Vous faites la plus grande erreur de votre vie en quittant la Syrie ou l'Irak pour l'Europe »... » | Par Le Point.fr (avec AFP) | Publié : jeudi 10 septembre 2015 / modifié : vendredi 18 september 2015

Ein Land zäunt sich ein

SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG: Erst Serbien, jetzt auch Rumänien und Kroatien: Ungarns Regierung sucht ihr Heil in der Flüchtlingskrise, indem sie immer mehr Grenzzäune bauen lässt.

Nachdem die ungarische Regierung in der Nacht zum Dienstag den Grenzzaun an der serbischen Grenze vollendet und alle Grenzübergänge nach Serbien für 30 Tage geschlossen hat, soll es nun weitere Zäune geben.

Premier Viktor Orbán bestätigte am Mittwoch ein Gerücht, das seit Tagen in Budapest die Runde gemacht hatte: dass Ungarn nun auch einen Zaun zu Kroatien plane; die Änderung der Routen, welche die Flüchtlinge nach der Schließung der Grenze zu Serbien nähmen, erzwinge eine solche Maßnahme. Es sei offensichtlich, dass der Weg nun nicht mehr über die ungarisch-serbische Grenze verlaufe. "Sie werden anderswo hingehen. Deswegen haben wir uns entschlossen, auch an der Grenze zu Rumänien einen Zaun zu bauen. Wir werden auch an bestimmten Stellen der kroatischen Grenze einen Zaun aufstellen. Es gibt bereits Pläne dafür." » | Von Cathrin Kahlweit | Freitag, 18. September 2015

Ich bin Angela Merkel, ich darf das

DIE WELT: Energiewende, Euro-Krise, Flüchtlingsdrama: Kanzlerin Merkel entscheidet einsam und handelt spontan. Sie ruiniert damit den europäischen Zusammenhalt und zeigt die Arroganz deutscher Vormachtstellung.

Angela Merkels Wende in der Flüchtlingsfrage wird nur diejenigen überrascht haben, die diese Meisterin der Wendigkeit nicht kennen. Tatsächlich sind Inkonsequenz und Unberechenbarkeit die einzigen Konstanten in ihrer Karriere.

"Die unglaubliche Frau Merkel" – so überschrieb das französische Magazin "Le Point" diese Woche einen Essay über die Kanzlerin. Doch im Adjektiv "incroyable" – unglaublich – schwingt auch die Unglaubwürdigkeit mit.

Nun gehört Wendigkeit zum Anforderungsprofil eines Politikers. "Ich muss ihnen folgen, ich bin ihr Führer" – so rechtfertigte der Meister des Opportunismus, Alexandre-Auguste Ledru-Rollin, eine seiner Volten. Wenn aber aus Anschmiegsamkeit Beliebigkeit wird, wenn – wie bei Merkel – beim beständigen Hü und Hott Gesetze, Verträge und Absprachen wie lästiges Gestrüpp beiseitegeschoben werden, dann wird Prinzipienlosigkeit zur Gefahr.

Als Merkel ankündigte, alle Flüchtlinge in Deutschland willkommen zu heißen, schob sie einfach die Bestimmungen des Dublin-Vertrags beiseite, auf dessen Verabschiedung gerade Deutschland gedrungen hatte. Als sie wenige Tage darauf angesichts der Flüchtlingsflut eine Kehrtwende vollzog und Deutschlands Grenzen dicht machte, verletzte sie, wenn nicht den Buchstaben, so doch den Geist des Schengen-Vertrags über die Freizügigkeit in Europa.

In beiden Fällen stieß sie die europäischen Partner vor den Kopf. "Ich darf das, ich bin Europas Zahlmeisterin" – so scheint Merkel zu denken. Gesetze und Regeln gelten offenbar nur für andere. (+ Video) » | Von Alan Posener, Korrespondent für Politik und Gesellschaft | Freitag, 18. September 2015

Saudi Teen to Be Executed by CRUCIFIXION for Anti-government Protest

Ali al-Nimr is to be crucified for protesting against
the Saudi government

EXPRESS: A PRISONER sentenced to death by crucifixion as a child for taking part in a protest has had his final appeal dismissed.

Human rights campaigners are calling on the European Union to step-in to prevent Ali Mohammed al-Nimr being executed by Saudi Arabian authorities.

Mr al-Nimr has been in a Saudi Arabian jail since he was arrested on Valentines' Day in 2012 when he was just 17-years-old during a crackdown on anti-government protests in the Shi'ite province of Qatif.

Authorities accused him of taking part in illegal protests and firearms offences - despite no evidence being produced for the latter charge.

After numerous breaches of international standards following his and his family's strong denial of the charges, a final appeal was held in secret and without Mr al-Nimr's knowledge which was dismissed, giving him few legal options now to oppose the sentence originally handed down on May 27 last year.

Lawyers now fear Mr al-Nimr will be executed within days. » | Alix Culbertson | Friday, September 18, 2015

Donald Trump Fails to Correct Man Calling Obama a Muslim and 'Not Even American'

During a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Thursday night, Donald Trump fails to correct an audience member, who says: ‘We have a problem in this country; it’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one. You know he’s not even an American ...’ Later, a second men reasserts that ‘Muslim training camps’ exist in the US, which also goes unchallenged

THE GUARDIAN: Donald Trump fails to correct questioner who calls Obama Muslim: Republican presidential contender says ‘we’re going to look at that’ after man at New Hampshire rally asks anti-Muslim question » | Ben Jacobs in Rochester, New Hampshire | Friday, September 18, 2015

‘Soon There Will Be No More Luxembourg’

POLITICO.eu: Migration crisis rattles Europe’s richest country.

LUXEMBOURG — If one place should be able to smoothly weather Europe’s migrant crisis, it is the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

This is the richest country on the Continent and the second richest in the world, behind Qatar. Luxembourg has experience opening its arms to migrants flocking here to work for decades. The national identity switches comfortably among three national languages, suggesting cultural fluidity and openness. Besides, few people fleeing places like Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea would head for Luxembourg in the first place.

But money isn’t everything. Luxembourg’s smallness is hobbling its response to Europe’s migration crisis and there is a fear among locals that its resources and its cultural identity will be swamped. » | Zeke Turner | Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Réfugiés : pour Hollande, Schengen est en danger

LE POINT: Pour le président de la République, il est très difficile d'imposer aux pays de l'Union européenne les mécanismes de répartition des réfugiés.

François Hollande a mis en garde jeudi contre les "dangers" qui menaceraient l'espace Schengen si un accord n'était pas trouvé en Europe sur l'accueil des réfugiés du Moyen-Orient, dans un entretien accordé à l'Agence France-Presse. Comme on lui demandait si l'espace Schengen de libre circulation était en danger, le chef de l'État a répondu : "Oui, s'il n'y a pas le mécanisme des centres d'enregistrement pour distinguer les réfugiés des migrants économiques et assurer la répartition des bénéficiaires du droit d'asile."

"Schengen serait en danger s'il n'y avait plus de contrôle des frontières extérieures" de l'Union européenne, a insisté le chef de l'État. Dans cette hypothèse, "les États vont rétablir d'une façon ou d'une autre des frontières nationales", a-t-il relevé. Selon lui, "on serait alors obligé de rétablir des postes de douane, de contrôle, également dans les moyens de transport, et ce serait la fin de Schengen au sens d'un espace contrôlé qui assurait la liberté de circulation". » | Le Point.fr | jeudi 17 septembre 2015

Horst Seehofer - wahre Aussage zum Thema Flüchtlinge

CSU Chef Seehofer lädt Ungarns Premierminister Viktor Orbán ein

The Consequences of Mass Immigration: 'Cultural Enrichment' in Sweden

Inside Story: Can the Schengen Treaty Survive?

More refugees are stranded after Germany backtracked on open border policy

Italy's Struggle To Process Swelling Tide Of Refugees

Human Tide: For the refugees fleeing the Middle East and Africa, their treacherous journey is only the beginning

Poland: Thousands of Nationalists Rally against Refugees in Warsaw

Thousand of far-right activists marched through Warsaw in protest against the country accepting refugees, Saturday. The footage shows protesters chanting and holding banner reading "Poles against immigrants."

Japan zur Islamisierung Deutschlands

‘What Is More Important for the US – to Defeat ISIS or Not to Deal with Assad?’

Putin is proposing an international coalition to fight Islamic State, and the US administration is ready to discuss the possibilities. However, US Secretary of State John Kerry says using the Syrian army to combat the jihadists is ‘not a winning strategy.’ RT’s Gayane Chichakyan has more…

Saudi Diplomat Accused of Raping Maids Leaves India under Cover of Immunity

THE TELEGRAPH: Police removed two Nepalese maids from the diplomat's home last week; they accuse him of confining and raping them for months

A Saudi Arabian diplomat accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two Nepalese maids has left India under cover of diplomatic immunity, while Nepal on Thursday called for justice for the women.

India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup identified the diplomat as Majed Hassan Ashoor, the first secretary at the Saudi Embassy in New Delhi. The statement late on Wednesday said Mr Ashoor, "who is allegedly accused of abusing two Nepali maids, has left India".

It gave no details on how the diplomat left the country, but said "the first secretary, being a diplomat, is governed by the provisions of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations."

The two Nepalese, working as maids in the diplomat's luxury apartment, have accused him of illegally confining and raping them during the past few months. » | AP | Thursday, September 17, 2015

Interview: Viktor Orbán: "Am Ende werden die Muslime mehr sein als wir"

DIE WELT: Ungarns Premier Viktor Orbán will auch an der Grenze zu Kroatien einen Zaun bauen. In der Flüchtlingskrise rechnet er mit 100 Millionen Migranten, die die kulturelle Identität Europas gefährdeten.

Die Welt: Herr Ministerpräsident, sind Sie zufrieden damit, wie der Grenzzaun zu Serbien funktioniert?

Viktor Orbán: In der ungarischen Politik ist "zufrieden" ein Ausdruck, den wir meiden. Wer wäre auch so verrückt zu sagen, wir sind zufrieden, wenn zahllose Migranten kommen und man die undankbare Aufgabe hat, sie stoppen zu müssen. "Satisfaction" ist etwas für die Rolling Stones. Wir haben uns ein Ziel gesetzt und dieses Ziel erreicht.

Die Welt: Am Dienstag allein hat die ungarische Polizei 200 Menschen an der Grenze festgenommen. Den neuen strengen Gesetzen zufolge droht ihnen Gefängnis. Haben Sie Platz in Ihren Gefängnissen für täglich 200 neue Häftlinge?

Orbán: Es waren letztlich nur einige Dutzend Verfahren, die eröffnet wurden, es stellte sich heraus, dass die meisten dieser Menschen schon über die Grenze gekommen waren, bevor die neuen Regeln in Kraft traten. Sowieso werden Kinder und Frauen anders behandelt. » | Von Boris Kálnoky, Budapest Korrespondent | Mittwoch, 16. September 2015

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Message to Illegal Immigrants from Hungary

Refugee Crisis Escalates as Migrants Break through Hungarian Border

THE GUARDIAN: Clashes with police follow moves by desperate refugees to break through a border gate, as others make their way to Croatia

Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since the second world war entered a new phase on Wednesday as hundreds of trapped refugees briefly broke through a border gate on the now-blocked Hungarian border, leading to frenzied clashes with Hungarian police, while hundreds of others forged a new route through Croatia.

Hungarian riot police fired teargas and water cannon across the border with Serbia after frustrated crowds, who had gathered there in their thousands when Hungary closed its frontier on Tuesday, tried to burst through a gate that connects the two countries. Hungary’s actions were met with fury by the Serbian government, which said its northern neighbours had no right to fire into Serbian territory. » | Patrick Kingsley in Šid and Horgoš | Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Tsunami Alert Issued after 7.9-magnitude Earthquake Strikes off Chile's Coast

FOX NEWS: SANTIAGO, Chile – A powerful earthquake shook Chile's capital Wednesday night, causing buildings to sway and people to take refuge in the streets.

Several strong aftershocks hits within minutes as tsunami alarms sounded in the port of Valparaiso and authorities issued a tsunami alert for the country's entire coast. » | Associated Press | Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Doku 2015: DEUTSCHLAND wird ISLAMISIERT?

Geert Wilders: Europas Bedrohung durch die Islamisierung

Rede von Geert Wilders, dem Vorsitzenden der niederländischen Partei für die Freiheit (PVV), zum Thema "Europas Bedrohung durch die Islamisierung" am 27. März 2015 in der Wiener Hofburg.

Heinz-Christian Strache: Europas Bedrohung durch die Islamisierung

Rede von FPÖ-Obmann HC Strache zum Thema "Europas Bedrohung durch die Islamisierung" am 27. März 2015 in der Wiener Hofburg.

Strache: "Klaren Blick auf die Realität bewahren"

KRONEN ZEITUNG: FPÖ-Chef Heinz-Christian Strache hat sich am Mittwoch mittels Videobotschaft zur Flüchtlingskrise geäußert. In der sechseinhalbminütigen Aufnahme wendet er sich mit einer "Grundsatzerklärung" an die Österreicher: "Gerade Menschlichkeit und Mitgefühl verlangen es in diesen Tagen und Wochen von uns, einen klaren Blick zu bewahren: einen Blick auf die Realität."

Die Politik sei gefragt, die "wirklich Verfolgten zu schützen", aber auch gleichzeitig darauf zu achten, dass "unsere Österreicherinnen und Österreicher nicht selbst Opfer unkontrollierbarer Entwicklungen werden". In beiden Fällen habe die Regierung versagt. "Ich halte es für unverantwortlich, davon zu reden, dass diese Zuwanderung auch nur ansatzweise verkraftbar ist", sagt Strache im Video.

Anschließend stellt der FPÖ- Chef einige Fragen, beispielsweise: "Woher soll der Wohnraum für all die fremden Menschen kommen?", oder "Wie viel kostet das alles und woher soll das Geld kommen?" Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen seien klare Grundsätze und Regeln nötig. (+ Video) » | red | Mittwoch, 16. September 2015

Bachar al-Assad accuse l'Occident sur les migrants

Le président syrien Bachar al-Assad.

LE MATIN: ETAT ISLAMIQUE — Le président syrien impute l'afflux de réfugiés syriens en Europe au soutien de l'Occident aux «terroristes» responsables selon lui de la guerre dans son pays.

«C'est comme si l'Occident pleurait d'un oeil sur les réfugiés et du second les visait avec une arme», a déclaré le chef de l'Etat syrien lors d'un entretien à des médias russes diffusé mercredi.

«L'Occident (...) soutient les terroristes depuis le début de la crise et (fait porter la responsabilité de ce qui se passe) sur le régime ou sur le président syrien», a-t-il souligné dans sa première réaction au drame des migrants en Europe.

Le régime de Damas désigne comme «terroristes» tous ses opposants: les dissidents politiques qui ont choisi la lutte pacifique, les rebelles qui ont pris les armes et les djihadistes dont ceux du groupe Etat islamique (EI). » | ats/nxp | mercredi 16 septembre 2015

Quotas: pourquoi l'Europe centrale ne veut pas des migrants

L’EXPRESS: Hongrie, Pologne, République Tchèque, Slovaquie, mais aussi la Roumanie sont, plus que les pays de l'Ouest ou du Nord du continent, farouchement hostiles à l'accueil des réfugiés sur leur sol. Quelles particularités expliquent ce repli?

L'Allemagne, a menacé, mardi, de réduire les fonds structurels versés par l'Union européenne aux pays qui rejettent l'idée de quotas de répartition des réfugiés et migrants, après l'échec d'une réunion européenne, la veille. Hormis le Danemark, les pays les plus hostiles à l'accueil des réfugiés sont des pays de l'ex-Europe de l'Est. Comment expliquer leur rejet, souvent porté par l'opinion publique? » | Par Catherine Gouëset | mercredi 16 septembre 2015

'Caliphate Better Than Britain' - Anjem Choudary

That's what he said at a rally in April

Muslim Cleric: ISIS Infiltrating Europe through Migrants

Anjem Choudary

WND: Anjem Choudary sees advance of Islam through crisis

In an interview Tuesday with WND, British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary stated ISIS “undoubtedly” is taking advantage of the migrant crisis rocking Europe, using the displaced Syrians as cover to bring jihadists to the West.

“Undoubtedly this will be seen as one of the avenues that the Islamic State employ in order to get their own people in position to where they may be able to confront who they see to be the enemies who are leading the campaign against them,” Choudary stated.

“So I think this is a very real possibility,” he continued. “It’s probably already happening. The extent of it is very difficult to know until it has some kind of manifestation.” » | Aaron Klein | Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Hungary: Police Deploy Tear Gas and Water Cannon against Refugees at Border

Hungarian police deployed tear gas and water cannon against refugees who broke through a razor wire fence at the Horgos border crossing with Serbia on Wednesday.

Germany: Blood on Frankfurt's Streets as Turkish and Kurdish Protesters Clash

Clashes erupted in Frankfurt between Turkish nationalists and pro-Kurdish protesters as riot police struggled to keep the groups apart, Thursday, September 10. Rival groups reportedly attacked each other with knives, screw-drivers and bottles. The violence resulted in multiple injuries and 50 arrests.

Horst Seehofer zur Flüchtlingsproblematik

Horst Seehofer spricht zur aktuellen Asylpolitik und die Fehler von Angela Merkel

Asylanten: Das größte Thema derzeit in Deutschland. Immer mehr Wirtschaftsfüchtlinge drängen nach Deutschland. Angela Merkel hadert immer noch.

Solche Tänze kommen bald zu einem Platz in der Nähe von Ihnen, in mehreren Städten Deutschlands, dank Merkels Flüchtlingspolitik. Die Islamisierung/Arabisierung Deutschlands/Europas ist in vollem Gange

Auf Wiedersehen Jesus Christus! Hallo Prophet Muhammad! Willkommen in Deutschland! Willkommen in Europa!

Outrage against Christians: Public Schools in US Shun Christianity, Welcome Islam

CHRISTIAN TODAY: Christians are up in arms against what they perceive to be a radical and sudden transformation of the American public school system where Christianity is being eased out of children's education and replaced with Islamic "indoctrination."

In its latest report, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) said students in US public schools are now being forced to learn how to convert to Islam and recite "Allah is the only God."

"It's Islamic indoctrination right here in our schools," the organisation said.

Several concerned parents in Tennessee and other parts of the county have been in touch with ACLJ and raised concerns over the things their children are being taught in school. Brandee Porterfield, one of the parents, told Fox News that her seventh grade daughter is learning about Islam as part of world history in her class at the Spring Hill Middle School in Maury County, Tennessee.

"They did this assignment where they wrote out the Five Pillars of Islam, including having the children learn and write the Shahada, which is the Islamic conversion creed," she explained.

When she approached the Spring Hill Middle School teacher and principal and asked if there would be similar lessons on Christianity and Judaism, she discovered that the upcoming lessons are only on Hinduism and Buddhism. The only difference in the future lessons is that the students will not be memorising a creed dealing with those religions. » | Czarina Ong | Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Syria 'In a State of Complete War' with Terrorism - Assad (Full Interview)

As the Syrian crisis enters its fifth year, tension in the country is still growing. Bashar Assad, the President of Syria, gives an interview to key Russian media, revealing his view on political progress, the Syrian crisis, its allies and its war on terrorism

Danish Teenage Girl Stabbed Mother to Death after Watching Isil Videos with Islamist Boyfriend

Teenager Lisa Borch

THE TELEGRAPH: Lisa Borch was 15 when she stabbed her mother 20 times after becoming radicalised by an Iraqi boyfriend she reportedly met at a refugee centre

A Danish teenager stabbed her own mother to death after becoming radicalised by watching Islamic State videos of beheadings with an Islamist boyfriend twice her age.

Lisa Borch, then 15, attacked Tina Römer Holtegaard while she slept in her bed in her home in Kvissel, a tiny village near the northern tip of Jutland last October.

She stabbed her victim 20 times after spending hours on YouTube watching footage of the decapitations of the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (Isil)'s victims David Haines and Alan Henning.

The court heard how Ms Borch and Iraqi Bakhtiar Mohammed Abdulla, 39, the radical Muslim boyfriend sentenced for carrying out the murder with her, relaxed in the evenings by watching bloody Isil executions on YouTube.

After the murder, Ms Borch rang the police to report the crime. » | Richard Orange in Malmö | Tuesday, September 15, 2015

‘We Need to Abandon Double Standards to Combat ISIS’ – Putin

Putin is urging other nations to set aside double standards and selfishness, to unite in defeating Islamic State. Vladimir Putin also responded to accusations Moscow was to blame for the mass refugee exodus from Syria to Europe. Murad Gazdiev reports.

Female Genital Mutilation Must Happen to Every Girl as Part of Culture, Alleged Victim Tells Court

ABC NEWS: A young girl has described the religious ceremony where she allegedly underwent female genital mutilation (FGM), the New South Wales Supreme court was told.

"It's part of our culture and that has to happen to every girl," she said in a 2012 recording of a police interview aired in court.

The girl's mother, a member of Sydney's Dawoodi Bohra community, is accused of arranging separate FGM procedures on two of her daughters when they were seven years old, between 2009 and 2012.

Dawoodi Bohra is a sect within Shia Islam mostly found in India, Pakistan and Yemen.

Also on trial is a former nurse and midwife who allegedly performed the procedures. » | Claire Aird | Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Angela Merkel Defends Germany's Handling of Refugee Influx

THE GUARDIAN: German chancellor says she let in unregistered refugees in the face of a humanitarian emergency and insists country’s borders remain open

Angela Merkel has defended her decision to open German borders to unregistered refugees, only to introduce controls on Sunday, saying the impulse was right and had shown Germany’s “friendly, beautiful face” to the world.

Speaking in Berlin after a meeting with her Austrian counterpart, Werner Faymann, Merkel said she had faced a humanitarian emergency two weeks ago, as tens of thousands of exhausted refugees waited to enter the country. She had, exceptionally, agreed to let them in, she said.

The German chancellor rejected claims that her decision had made Europe’s refugee crisis worse by encouraging others to head for Germany. She said that images of volunteers greeting refugees at Munich’s main train station had gone round the world. “If we had not shown a friendly face, that’s not my country,” she said. » | Luke Harding in Berlin | Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Hungary Splits Migrant Children from Parents as It Declares STATE OF EMERGENCY

EXPRESS: MIGRANT children are being split from their parents and thrown into "institutions" as Hungary declares a state of emergency amid scenes reminiscent of the Second World War.

The Hungarian Government announced this morning two of its southern counties bordering Serbia are now officially in a state of emergency due to the sheer number of refugees entering the country.

The shock move gives the Government powers to mobilise the army, to help police with border controls, and gives them power to search homes without a warrant if they suspect migrants may be hiding there - pending approval from parliament which is expected next week.

A state of emergency means courts will now be forced to prioritise cases involving people caught entering Hungary illegally.

The Government announced late this morning all children under 18 without the correct documents will be placed in "children's institutions" while their parents will be put in one of two holding areas called "transit zones".

But children have already been split from their parents today after new laws were enforced at midnight on Tuesday which make crossing the border illegally a crime punishable by a prison sentence.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said this morning his Government had been forced to officially declare a state of emergency of [or] face the nation being engulfed. » | Alix Culbertson | Tuesday, September 15, 2015

First Migrant Arrested at Closed Hungary Border as New Laws Kick In

THE TELEGRAPH: A group of Syrian men are the first migrants to be arrested at Hungary's border after new laws were brought in to criminalise attempting to cross into the country illegally

Hungarian authorities have made their first arrests of migrants for violating strict border rules that were recently introduced.

Three men, believed to be Syrian, have been arrested for illegally crossing from Serbia into Hungary under a wire fence at the border town of Roszke.

They were quickly apprehended by Hungarian police.

New laws introduced to deal with the influx of migrants and refugees from countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa made it a criminal offence, punishable by prison or deportation, to damage Hungary's newly erected border defences. (+ video) » | Vin Shahrestani, and agencies, video source APTN | Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Obama Using Refugee Crisis He Created To Sneak In ISIS

Joseph Farah of World Net Daily exposes what lies behind the latest breaking news.

Mad Max-style Train Seals Hungary-Serbia Border

An apocalyptic-looking train fitted with razor wire has been deployed to seal the last gap in Hungary’s border with Serbia, amid UN agency warnings that fences and tougher border controls are not a solution to the dire refugee crisis.

Roszke as Police Close Border to Refugees

Germany: PEGIDA Supporters Protest Merkel's Refugee Policies in Munich

Hundreds of PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans against Western Islamisation) supporters marched through Munich on Monday evening, in protest against German government policies in relation to the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis.

Germany: PEGIDA Protests Government's Response to Refugee Crisis

Thousands of PEGIDA protesters gathered on Neumarkt Square in Dresden on Monday, marching towards the city centre in opposition to government policies on Europe's ongoing migrant and refugee crisis.

Malcolm Turnbull Sworn In as Outgoing PM Tony Abbott Lashes Out in Emotional Farewell Speech

Outgoing Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott attacks "treachery" of fellow Liberal MPs and the media but pledges not to undermine the new leader Malcolm Turnbull

Read the Telegraph article here | Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney | Tuesday, September 15, 2015

‘Period of Tolerance for Illegal Migrants Ends’ – Top Hungarian Politician

Europe is coping with a record-breaking number of asylum seekers by closing the borders, building four-metre fences and putting soldiers on standby. Fears that border breaches are allowing Islamic State terrorists to enter the EU are being raised by European politicians.

James O'Brien Grills Daniel Kawczynski MP on Saudi Arms Sales - Newsnight

Should there be an international investigation into possible war crimes in Yemen? James O'Brien asked Daniel Kawczynski, member of the UK's Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Flüchtlingskrise: Orbán: „Wir wollen kein Chaos“

Ungarns Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán: Verschärfte
Gesetze kompromisslos anwenden

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Ungarns Ministerpräsident fordert bei ihrer Vereidigung hunderte Grenzpolizisten dazu auf, „menschlich, aber kompromisslos die Gesetze anzuwenden“. Eine „Völkerwanderung weltweiten Ausmaßes“ dürfe das Land nicht verändern.

Ungarns Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán hat seine Grenzpolizei zu entschlossenem Handeln aufgerufen. „Wir wollen kein Chaos“, sagte Orbán am Montag bei der feierlichen Vereidigung von 868 neuen Grenzpolizisten am Budapester Heldenplatz. „Wir wollen nicht, dass eine Völkerwanderung weltweiten Ausmaßes Ungarn verändert.“ Orbán forderte die Polizisten auf, in menschlicher, aber kompromissloser Weise die ungarischen Gesetze anzuwenden. » | Quelle: dpa | Montag, September 14, 2015

Refugees Rush to Enter Hungary as Door Slams Shut: Entering the Country Illegally Will Now Be Punishable by Up to Three Years in Prison

THE INDEPENDENT: New legislation will make entering the country a criminal act

Almost 26 years since the day, in 1989, when Hungary opened its borders to citizens of East Germany, heralding the collapse of the Iron Curtain, those same barriers are being closed. In a desperate effort to stem the flow of asylum seekers fleeing war zones in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond, the Hungarian government deployed flanks of police and soldiers wielding automatic weapons to patrol its border with Serbia, assisted by a 110-mile long newly constructed barbed-wire fence.

According to new legislation effective from Tuesday, entering Hungary illegally will constitute a criminal act, potentially punishable by a prison sentence of up to three years. This afternoon police closed the unofficial crossing along a train track between the Serbian village of Horgos and Roszke in Hungary, a route previously popular with refugees. » | Andrew Connelly | Roszke | Monday, September 14, 2015

Flüchtlinge - Österreich kündigt Grenzkontrollen an

Nach Deutschland will nun auch Österreich den Zustrom von Flüchtlingen auf der sogenannten Balkanroute begrenzen.

Der Ruf nach einem deutschen Einwanderungsgesetz

Tausende Flüchtlinge sind in den letzten Wochen nach Deutschland gekommen, und die Deutschen haben ihnen geholfen, so gut es eben ging. Politiker fordern nun ein Einwanderungsgesetz, in dem geregelt wird, wie viele und welche Migranten im Land Aufnahme finden.

Marine Le Pen dénonce les migrants «arrogants et exigeants»

LA DEPECHE: « On est chez nous ! On est chez nous ! » Ce sont les cris des sympathisants FN qui ont soutenu Marine Le Pen pendant son discours dimanche à Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais). La présidente du Front national s’est exprimée devant la permanence de son parti au sujet de la crise des migrants. Et elle n’a pas mâché ses mots : « Les routiers voient leur outil de travail chaque jour menacé, saccagé, par des clandestins ne reculant devant rien et devenant même arrogants et exigeants, comme à Calais, où ils manifestent presque quotidiennement ». » | ladepeche.fr | lundi 14 septembre 2015

Réfugiés : pour Marine Le Pen, «l'Allemagne s'écrase sur le mur de la réalité»

LE FIGARO: LE SCAN POLITIQUE - Après la décision de Berlin de rétablir les contrôles aux frontières avec l'Autriche, la présidente du FN demande la fermeture des frontières avec l'Allemagne. Bernard Cazeneuve appelle pour sa part «au respect scrupuleux» des règles de Schengen.

Elle a réagi au quart de tour. À peine l'Allemagne avait-elle annoncé le rétablissement des contrôles aux frontières avec l'Autriche que Marine Le Pen dégainait son communiqué. «Après avoir totalement ouvert ses portes aux migrants pour de basses raisons économiques, voyant dans cette masse humaine un réservoir de travailleurs à bas coût, l'Allemagne est soudainement rattrapée par la réalité de sa folie migratoire», assure la présidente du FN. «Par suivisme et idéologie, le gouvernement français s'est mis, lui, dans la pire des situations, acceptant de faire peser sur les Français la charge des migrants que l'Allemagne a fait venir en Europe, et que finalement elle ne souhaite plus aussi largement recevoir» ajoute-t-elle. Marine Le Pen réclame la suspension dans l'urgence des accords de Schengen en France «pour éviter que le trop-plein de clandestins dont elle ne veut plus ne vienne chez nous». » | Par Le Scan politique | lundi 14 septembre 2015

Immigration Wave: Will Europe Still Be Europe?

Migrants are continuing to pour into Europe by the hundreds of thousands. But what if the migrant surge doesn't stop?

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Ousted by Staunch Republican Malco[l]m Turnbull

Tony Abbott speaks during a press conference in the Blue Room,
at Parliament House in Canberra

THE TELEGRAPH: Millionaire lawyer Malcolm Turnbull defeats controversial Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott in a matter of hours just two years into his term

Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has been ousted in a stunning coup by self-made millionaire Malcom Turnbull continuing the nation’s five-year run of leadership swaps.

Winning a 54 to 44 Liberal party-room vote in Canberra on Monday, Mr Turnbull, 60, promised to unite the party and the nation with a new style of leadership that “respects the people’s intelligence”. The deputy Liberal leader, Julie Bishop, backed Mr Turnbull and easily won back her position in a 70 to 30 vote against cabinet minister Kevin Andrews.

The former Rhodes Scholar and investment banker holds more progressive political views than Mr Abbott, an ardent conservative and monarchist, but immediately signalled he will restrain his own personal support for same[-]sex marriage and strong action on climate change.

“This will be a thoroughly Liberal government committed to freedom, the individual and the market,” he said. » | Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney | Monday, September 14, 2015

Isil Terrorists Could Infiltrate Europe by Hiding among Refugees, Warns Pope Francis

Pope Francis has warned that Isil terrorists could be hiding among
the tens of thousands of refugees who are entering from war-torn
countries such as Syria and Libya

THE TELEGRAPH: Pope Francis warns of dangers of terrorists slipping into Europe alongside refugees

Pope Francis has warned that Isil terrorists could try to “infiltrate” Europe, hiding among the tens of thousands of refugees and migrants streaming to the continent from war-torn countries such as Syria and Libya.

He said Italy in particular found itself in a vulnerable position, with Isil having established a presence just a few hundred miles south on the desert coastline of Libya.

"It's true, nowadays, territorial security conditions are not the same as they were in other periods (of mass migration)," the Jesuit Pope told a Portuguese radio station in a wide-ranging interview, days before he embarks on a gruelling tour of Cuba and the United States.

"The truth is that just 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Sicily there is an incredibly cruel terrorist group. So there is a danger of infiltration, this is true." » | Nick Squires, Rome | Monday, September 14, 2015

Has Obama Put Relationship with Israel At Risk?

Sep. 14, 2015 - 5:49 - Rebeccah Heinrichs and James Phillips on Israel's reaction to Iran nuclear deal

Inside Story: Is 'People Power' More Important Than We Think?

As an unprecedented refugee crisis unfolds before our eyes, we ask if civilians have the power to change global policy.

'One Million Refugees' May Arrive in Germany This Year

AL JAZEERA: Vice chancellor says forecast of 800,000 may have been an underestimate as people continue to cross Mediterranean.

One million people may arrive in Germany seeking refugee status this year, up from the record 800,000 arrivals its government had earlier predicted, vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said.

"There are many signs that Germany this year will take in not 800,000 refugees, as forecast by the interior ministry, but one million," he wrote to members of his centre-left Social Democratic party on Monday.

Germany on Sunday reintroduced identity checks on people travelling within the passport-free Schengen zone, essentially reversing its open-door policy for Syrians. » | Al Jazeera and agencies | Monday, September 14, 2015

German Riot Police Smash Innocent Bystander Unconscious During Hamburg Clashes

Riot police knocked an innocent bystander to the ground, rendering him unconscious, during clashes with leftist demonstrators in Hamburg. The officer attacked the man, smashing him in the face with an elbow, throwing him straight to the ground, and knocking him unconscious. Police also used pepper spray, water cannon, and batons against protesters.