Starmer is in Rome trying to boost joint-working with Britain’s European allies on border security — a key part of his election promise to Brits to “smash the gangs” he argues are driving irregular migration to the U.K. Starmer, who is under some pressure from Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK, expressly hopes to learn from … Read more
“I’m aiming for the strictest asylum policy ever,” Faber said in a video message, citing bottlenecks in housing, health care and education as reasons to do so. The plan, she said, is to “legally declare an asylum crisis, which will allow me to take measures to combat [it].” Such an emergency law would allow the … Read more
“Even the chancellor woke up, so I said, ‘welcome to the club,’ because he is pushing for the borders to be protected,” Orbán said about German leader Olaf Scholz. “There is only one step left for Western European leaders to take — and it’s not a particularly difficult one intellectually: If they say that borders … Read more
Belgium has nominated Lahbib as its pick for Ursula von der Leyen’s new European Commission. She is known for her tough stance on Budapest: During Belgium’s EU presidency, for example, Lahbib urged EU governments to consider moving forward with a procedure to strip Hungary — which took over the presidency in July — of its … Read more
However, the country’s opposition has been able to collect a majority of voter tallies in the aftermath of the polls, with results showing González beating Maduro by a handy margin. “The government of Spain reiterates its commitment to the political rights and physical integrity of all Venezuelans, especially political leaders,” Spain’s foreign ministry said in … Read more
The ministers vowed, among other things, to classify knife crimes as a reason for deportation, including to Syria and Afghanistan; to scrap benefits for asylum seekers the state deems should seek protection in the EU country they first entered under the Dublin Convention; and to remove protected status from refugees who leave Germany to visit … Read more
For this reason, the attack drew comparisons to a killing of a police officer in the city of Mannheim in early June by a knife-wielding Afghan man whose asylum claim had initially been rejected — but who was nevertheless able to stay in Germany. Following that attack, Scholz vowed to increase deportations of rejected asylum applicants. … Read more
Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Germany that killed three people and wounded eight others. A manhunt for the assailant continued. The militant group said in a statement that the killings were carried out by one of its members “in revenge for Muslims in Palestine and everywhere,” according to media … Read more
The minister outlined the idea in response to a €200 million fine issued against Hungary in June after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Budapest was ignoring EU asylum laws as well as an earlier judgment against it. Hungary, ruled for years by Orbán’s right-wing Fidesz party, has long taken a hard … Read more
The U.K. government put forward harsh measures to halt the riots, and to speed up the judicial procedures to convict or jail the rioters, while counter-demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the far-right violence. U.K. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned in an op-ed in the Observer that “the impact of these days of disorder … Read more
