Lithuania has requested help from Frontex, the EU border service, after catching 150 people who tried to sneak across the border from Belarus in just the past 24 hours. Most of them were Iraqi nationals, who immediately claimed asylum. Visiting Vilnius on Friday, European Commission chair Ursula von der Leyen …
Read More »20 Civil Guards injured thwarting attempt by over 150 migrants to enter Spain’s Melilla enclave
Scores of migrants attempted to cross over to Melilla on Tuesday, facing off with members of Spain’s Civil Guard that blocked the entrance. Footage of the altercation shows migrants advancing along a border fence toward the officers. The migrants can then be seen hurling stones, prompting the officers to respond …
Read More »The desperation of Greece & Hungary to deter illegal migrants perfectly shows the failings of EU border force Frontex
On Monday, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) released a well-publicized report on the activities of Frontex, the EU’s border agency, claiming that it has been deficient in fulfilling its mandate of dealing with the migration problem affecting the continent. Chief auditor Leo Brincat stated, “[Frontex staff] have increased their …
Read More »The migrants keep coming as EU border agency is ROASTED by auditor… but don’t worry, its staff of thousands & €1bn budget are safe
The damning auditor’s report into the European Union’s overreaching border force, Frontex, has urged the brakes be applied to its astronomical growth, fuelled by a budget of nearly €1 billion and staff target of 10,000 in just over five years’ time, because the agency is just not up to the …
Read More »Selective enforcement: Biden’s ICE told they can drop cases against illegal migrants amid 1.3 MILLION backlog
“Prosecutorial discretion is an indispensable feature of any functioning legal system. The exercise of prosecutorial discretion, where appropriate, can preserve limited government resources, achieve just and fair outcomes in individual cases, and advance the department’s mission of administering and enforcing the immigration laws of the United States in a smart …
Read More »‘Doesn’t want America TO BE A NATION at all’: Trump says Biden wants migrants to swamp US by ending ‘Reman in Mexico’ rule
“Joe Biden is the first American president who doesn’t want America to be a nation at all,” Trump said in a scorching statement issued on Wednesday. He added, “Our country is being destroyed before our very eyes.” The statement came one day after the Biden administration formally ended the Trump-era …
Read More »EU anger over Hungary’s veto on migrants reveals how developing countries are being exploited in trade deals
Hungary has vetoed a proposed revision to a longstanding European Union trade and development agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) partnership countries, citing concerns over the draft’s implications for increasing ACP migration to the EU. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, fresh off an earlier veto of an EU-wide call for …
Read More »Spain’s go-it-alone strategy in migrants’ dispute with Morocco shows why EU’s armed frontier force faces struggle for credibility
Shocking video of Spanish border forces shoving desperate migrants clambering over rocks back into the sea, while beating them with truncheons, is not the most edifying spectacle or a sign that Madrid is on top of events at its troublesome African enclave of Ceuta. It followed several days of violent …
Read More »Denmark plans ‘expulsion’ center for unwanted migrants & foreign criminals on small island despite protests by locals
A small island of Langeland – a scenic tourist destination that is home to quaint towns and some museums – is about to house a large center for foreign criminals awaiting deportation and those who were ordered to leave Denmark but cannot be forced to return to their country – …
Read More »Migrants will keep coming from Libya to Europe in huge numbers unless the EU rethinks its misguided foreign policy
Over the past week – mostly over the span of just a single day – 2,000 new migrants to Europe have crowded Italy’s first-entry point on the small island of Lampedusa, in and around a reception center that can only hold 200 people. The migrants have come mainly from Libya, …
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