Spanish authorities have begun removing razor wire from border fences along Spain’s frontier with Morocco. The Socialist government ordered their removal after migrants who jumped the fences to enter Europe illegally suffered injuries.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has unveiled a new plan to reform the European asylum system. A leaked draft of the proposal shows that all member states of the EU would be required to take in illegal migrants.
French police recently cleared more than 2,000 migrants from two makeshift encampments in northern Paris. The crackdown came after the government announced a series of measures to curb illegal immigration.
Spain’s conservative populist party, Vox, more than doubled its seats in parliament after winning 3.6 million votes in general elections held on November 10. It is now the third-largest party in Spain.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has accused European non-governmental organizations of coordinating with human trafficking mafias to pick up migrants off the coast of Libya and transport them to Italian ports.
Spain is on track to overtake Greece as the second-biggest gateway for migrants entering Europe by sea.
A tuberculosis scare has cast a renewed spotlight on the increased risk of migration-related infectious diseases in Germany.
An official annual report about crime in Germany has revealed a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the country.
Marine Le Pen, an anti-EU, anti-Islam French nationalist, and Emmanuel Macron, a pro-EU, pro-Islam globalist, are contending for the French presidency.
A chronological review of the main stories about the rise of Islam in France in 2016.
A chronological review of the main stories about the rise of Islam in Britain in 2016.
A chronological review of the main stories about the rise of Islam in Germany in 2016.
