SINGAPORE: Mr Lee Hsien Yang is turning a “personal vendetta” into an international smear campaign “against his father, his family and his country”, said the Singapore government on Thursday (Oct 31) after the son of the country’s founding prime minister gave another media interview – the second in slightly over a week – criticising it. … Read more
Charles, too, has mellowed his well-known views on issues such as climate change and housing, at least in public, as part of the strict convention of neutrality that comes with being king. His style in the past was far from laid back. One former minister recalled Charles, as prince of Wales, inviting them for tea … Read more
SINGAPORE: Mr Lee Hsien Yang said on Tuesday (Oct 22) that he is now a political refugee in the United Kingdom after seeking asylum protection in 2022. Citing the Singapore government’s “attacks” against him, Mr Lee, the younger brother of former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, said he sought asylum protection “as a last resort”. “I … Read more
Germany arrested a Libyan citizen suspected of plotting an attack against Israel’s embassy in Berlin, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Sunday. The authorities identified the man only as Omar A. and said he is “strongly suspected” of supporting the terror organization Islamic State (IS) and intended to carry-out an attack with firearms on the … Read more
Scholz is visiting Turkey in the wake of an EU summit focused on migration and amid an emotional debate on harsher asylum rules and increased deportations at home. Erdoğan, during a meeting which marks the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Germany and Turkey, expressed a desire to move past prior difficulties in defense cooperation. … Read more
The court’s rejection of detention was based on concerns about the safety of the migrants’ home countries — Bangladesh and Egypt. The court cited an Oct. 4 ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Italian government on Friday vowed to push ahead with the program, saying it would appeal the court … Read more
But shortly after their identification process was completed, four had to be sent back to Italy. Under the rules of the scheme, only male adults who are not considered vulnerable and who are from designated safe countries can be sent to the Albanian centers. Two were found to be under 18, and two others had … Read more
“A new wind is blowing in Europe,” said the Dutch anti-Islam, anti-immigration, populist Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders in Brussels on Thursday after a meeting of far-right leaders. Migration has been at the forefront for Europe’s politicians since 2015, when more than a million migrants, many of them Syrians fleeing war, made their way to … Read more
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has threatened to give asylum seekers one-way tickets to Brussels in protest EU fines levelled at the country for breaching EU asylum rules. The 17 European countries in their letter to the Commission are asking for new rules to allow governments to detain illegal migrants if they pose a risk … Read more
Hungary will join the Netherlands in asking for an opt-out from the European Union’s migration policies, a government minister said Wednesday, in another sign of fracturing EU consensus around immigration. The new Dutch government last week announced it was aiming to implement the “strictest asylum policy ever,” and submitted a request for an opt-out on … Read more
