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    • Italy: Police arrest alleged militant during ‘anti-terror’ raid in Cosenza

      Italian police arrested an alleged militant during a raid in the Calabrian city of Cosenza on Monday. The arrest was made as part of the country’s ‘anti-terrorism campaign’.

  1. ‘Waycist Wristbands’: The Extremism-Linked, Foreign Funded Activists Behind The ‘Nazi Migration Policy’ Story
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  2. JFK allowed passengers arriving on international flight to exit without going through Customs

    Passengers arriving at Kennedy Airport on an international flight were allowed to exit the busy hub without going through Customs — for at least the second time in recent months, the Daily News has learned.

    Bumbling airline and security officials let travelers on American Airlines Flight 1223 from Cancun, Mexico, out of the airport on Monday morning without having their passports or bags checked, sources told The News.

    The security lapse mirrored a similar incident involving another American Airlines flight in November.

    A 34-year-old man who had been in Cancun to attend three Phish concerts told The News he was able to glide from the plane to the baggage claim area without having to endure the usual maze of Customs and Border Protection security checks.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/jfk-allowed-passengers-exit-customs-article-1.2507437

  3. Disquiet grows over French state of emergency

    Paris (AFP) – When a state of emergency was imposed in France after the November attacks, numb and terror-weary citizens welcomed the show of force.

    But a sense of creeping unease over civil liberties has turned to outright opposition in many quarters as French President Francois Hollande indicated this week he would seek to renew the measure for another three months.

    The state of emergency was imposed after gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a string of Parisian cafes and restaurants, a concert hall and football stadium, leaving 130 dead and hundreds injured on November 13.

    It has led to over 2,500 police raids and hundreds of arrests under emergency policing powers that government wants written into the constitutio

    http://news.yahoo.com/disquiet-grows-over-french-state-emergency-145826611.html

  4. French minister says state of emergency will not last for ever

    PARIS (Reuters) – The state of emergency in France needs to be extended given the current security threat but it will not last for ever, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Sunday.

    French President François Hollande said on Jan. 22 that he would ask parliament to extend by three months the state of emergency declared after the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that left 130 people dead, sparking a debate over civil liberties.

    Emergency measures that give authorities extra powers to put people under house arrest and conduct raids without a judicial warrant had been due to expire on Feb. 26.

    http://news.yahoo.com/french-minister-says-state-emergency-not-last-ever-211505200.html

  5. UK company criticized for asking migrants to wear wristbands

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    LONDON (AP) — A private company that required asylum-seekers to wear red wristbands says it has dropped the practice after facing heavy criticism.

    A statement from Clearsprings Ready Homes said it has decided to end the practice Monday. The policy had come under fire from legislators who warned it singled migrants out for possible harassment and abuse.

    Clearspring holds a government contract to provide accommodation and meals to the asylum-seekers at a facility in Cardiff, Wales. Asylum-seekers are not allowed to work or to claim welfare benefits but they are given food and shelter.

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_MIGRANT_WRISTBANDS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-01-25-08-33-15

    • So pull the sleeve of your sweater down!
      These critters are coming in then vanishing. Or have nefarious ambitions that would be foiled if they were monitored in country.

      On that basis alone those who protest should be denied entry. As for the leftists that are so solicitous of the rights of the unshorn, maybe the authorities should take a good look at them.

  6. Rural Germany an ‘intintegration laboratory’ for refugeesBerlin (AFP) – German villages and small towns could hold the key to socially integrating a mass influx of refugees who would in turn help revitalise dwindling rural populations, experts say.

    “The rural regions are a laboratory of integration,” said Karl-Friedrich Thoene from the infrastructure and agriculture ministry of the eastern state of Thuringia.

    Unlike in densely populated big cities, “there can be no parallel societies in rural areas,” he said. “The village community is the ideal chance for integration.”

    The lower cost of living, cheaper rents and tight-knit communities in the countryside are main “factors of success” for integrating the newcomers, said Gudrun Kirchhoff, an expert on refugee issues at the German Institute of Urban Affairs.

    Social life in small communities is typically held together by clubs and associations in which most villagers take part, experts point out.integration laboratory’ for refugees

    http://news.yahoo.com/rural-germany-integration-laboratory-refugees-074655363.html

  7. EU security chiefs brace for more Islamist attacks

    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Islamic State and other militants are very likely to attempt big new attacks in Europe following those in Paris, the EU’s police agency said on Monday, echoing previous warnings by senior security officials.

    The assessment was based on discussions concluded eight weeks ago by security agencies from EU states. The 8-page public report said further attacks could even take place quite soon.

    The events in Paris “appear to indicate a shift toward a broader strategy of IS going global, of them specifically attacking France, but also the possibility of attacks against other member states of the EU in the near future”, it said.

    There was “every reason to expect” an attack, by Islamic State or “IS-inspired terrorists or another religiously inspired terrorist group”. “This is in addition to the threat of lone actor attacks, which has not diminished,” it said.

    At a news conference to mark the launch of a new European Counter Terrorism Centre within Europol, based in The Hague, its director Rob Wainwright said Islamic State “has the willingness and capability to carry out further attacks in Europe”.

    http://www.oann.com/eu-security-chiefs-brace-for-more-islamist-attacks/

  8. French official calls on Paris to send troops to Calais over migrants

    CALAIS (Reuters) – The head of France’s northern region on Monday called on Paris to send troops to Calais to restore order there after migrants stormed the port and boarded a British ferry.

    Thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East have gathered at the northern coastal town in the past year, using it as a stopover on their way to Britain – a ferry trip across the Channel.

    Around 200 refugees burst into the port on Saturday after a demonstration of support for migrants living in a slum nearby and some of boarded the front deck of a British ferry.

    “Only the army is capable of restoring security to Calais,” Xavier Bertrand, regional head of Nord Pas-de-Calais, told reporters. “We don’t want a tragedy in Calais, but that is exactly what is going to happen if there is not a stronger reaction.”

    http://www.oann.com/french-official-calls-on-paris-to-send-troops-to-calais-over-migrants/

  9. German CSU leader wants to use all legal means to stem refugee inflow

    BERLIN (Reuters) – The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies, Horst Seehofer, said on Monday his conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) would use all the legal means at its disposal to curb the flow of refugees into Germany.

    “We will exhaust all political and legal means from Bavaria,” Seehofer told a news conference. “The people expect that of us.”

    (Reporting by Paul Carrel; Editing by Caroline Copley)

    http://www.oann.com/german-csu-leader-wants-to-use-all-legal-means-to-stem-refugee-inflow/

  10. Deutsche Bank: Chinese Stocks Are More Distressed Than During the Financial Crisis

    With concerns about a hard landing in China playing the starring role in the risk-off environment that’s dominated so far in 2016, it’s no surprise that equities in the world’s second-largest economy have fared particularly poorly.
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    In local-currency terms, the Shanghai Composite is down almost 17 percent this year, far underperforming the MSCI World Index’s 7.5 percent retreat.

    “At the current distressed valuations in the H-share market, we think investors may have priced in meaningful probability of a hard-landing scenario in China and/or sizable renminbi depreciation,” writes Deutsche Bank Chief China Equity Strategist Yuliang Chang, referring to stocks listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/deutsche-bank-chinese-stocks-more-142131568.html

  11. Muslim group: If you want rapes to stop, accept that we’re animals
    By J.E. Dyer January 24, 2016

    It’s a real question, whether the ridiculousness of the current clash of cultures in the streets of Europe is a function of the age we live in, or simply of the human condition.

    Have our group manifestations as a species always been this absurd?

    I’m voting no, actually. Legitimately, it’s unusually bizarre out there, like sensible people are paralyzed behind an electric fence of political correctness that’s way past its expiration date.

    Consider, for example, this measure German authorities have taken to try to train Muslim migrants not to sexually assault Germans. (The public service campaign produced the feature image for this post, in fact.)

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/01/24/muslim-group-if-you-want-rapes-to-stop-accept-that-were-animals/

    • She’s the best.

      RE: Those wristbands above-

      Humans do adjust their behavior when confronted with predatory animals. Humans put them in zoos. Humans chain them, hobble them, and train them – where possible – to be approachable for certain purposes. When humans have to move around in areas where they can’t be caged, the humans carry guns so they can shoot animal predators to defend themselves.

  12. Armed police surround house in Birmingham after ‘man launches machete attack’ at bus stop (express, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/637724/Armed-police-house-Tile-Cross-Birmingham-man-launches-machete-attack

    “ARMED police have surrounded a house in Birmingham this morning after a man allegedly launched a brutal machete attack in the street.

    Officers descended on a home in the Tile Cross district of the city after horrified neighbours reported the bloody assault, which took place at a bus stop.

    Buses were diverted and several roads were closed off as a huge police presence built up in the area.

    Witnesses described seeing a man with his face covered hacking away at another man at a bus stop in Tile Cross Road, with one saying the victim was “dripping in blood”.

    A 50-year-old man was later rushed to hospital by paramedics to be treated for serious wounds.

    One man, who did not wish to be named, told the Birmingham Mail: “It was about 8.10am and a man walked past the shop by the bus stop and another man started chopping him.

    “He wouldn’t stop. He carried on hitting him.

    “His clothes were red. His arms, elbows, his back were all dripping in blood.”

    The witness added: ”It was madness. The victim was lying in the middle of the road.”

    Another woman told the paper: “I came to work and saw a lot of women standing by the chip shop on Tile Cross.

    “One woman said some guy was at the bus stop and got stabbed with a machete. She said an ambulance came and took him away.”

    The shocking incident took place on a quiet residential street as children were walking to a nearby primary school.

    One neighbour said: “I saw lots of police and an ambulance by the bus stop.

    “I’m shocked. I saw a guy with a machete attacking the other man.”

    Following the attack armed officers hunting for a second man surrounded a house in nearby Lowerstack Croft, around a third of a mile away from where the alleged attack took place.

    A police spokesman said a 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault, adding that a second suspect is at large after fleeing from the scene in a blue BMW.

    Detective Inspector Caroline Corfield, from Force CID, said: “This was a nasty attack that happened in a busy area in broad daylight this morning.

    “We’ve already had several witnesses come forward and I’d ask anyone else who has information about what happened to contact us as soon as possible.

    “At this early stage we believe this to have been a targeted attack. This kind of violence will not be tolerated and we need your help to bring those responsible to justice.””

  13. Migrant crisis: EU seeks to boost Schengen border controls (BBC, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35400495

    “EU interior ministers meeting in Amsterdam are seeking to beef up controls at the EU’s external borders, to stem the flow of migrants heading north from Greece and Macedonia.

    Under the EU’s current Schengen rules, Germany’s temporary border controls are set to end in May.

    But reports say Germany and some other countries want to extend those controls – possibly until the end of 2017.

    The migrant crisis has put the Schengen passport-free travel zone at risk.

    Austria’s Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner warned Greece that it could be excluded from the Schengen zone if it failed to put more resources into curbing the migrant influx.

    Interviewed by Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper, she said that “if the Athens government doesn’t in the end do more to protect the [EU] external borders, then we’ll have to openly discuss a temporary exclusion of Greece from the Schengen zone”.

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticised her threat, saying such “pretend solutions” would “not help anyone to move forward” in the migrant crisis.

    Germany is the main destination of the irregular migrants – an estimated 1.1 million entered the country last year, most of them refugees from the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan…”

  14. Europol: New-style Islamic State seeks to target Europe (BBC, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35401514

    “Self-styled Islamic State has developed a new style of combat to target Europe in particular, the director of the EU’s law enforcement agency says.

    Rob Wainwright was speaking as Europol opened its new counter-terrorism centre in The Hague.

    The centre will seek to improve information exchange and identify the links between terrorism and other criminal sectors.

    The need was highlighted by the Paris attacks in November that killed 130.

    On Sunday, the Islamic State group posted a video apparently showing nine of the suspected Paris gunmen before they carried out the attacks.

    The opening of the Europol centre coincided with its new report on the IS group.

    Mr Wainwright said the group had “developed a new combat style capability to carry out a campaign of large-scale terrorist attacks on the global stage, with a particular focus on targeting Europe”.

    Europe’s leaders, he said, had decided to establish “for the first time a dedicated pan-European operational centre to combat terrorism”.

    The Europol report says: “IS is preparing more terrorist attacks, including more ‘Mumbai-style’ attacks, to be executed in member states of the EU, and in France in particular.

    “The attacks will be primarily directed at soft targets, because of the impact it generates.”
    The 13 November attacks in Paris and the downing of a Russian airliner over Egypt last October “suggest a shift in IS strategy towards going global”, it says.

    Mr Wainwright said more than 5,000 EU nationals had been radicalised fighting abroad and many had returned home.

    He said the centre’s priority would be to improve information exchange between EU members.
    It will also focus on links to other criminal sectors….”

    • Netherlands: IS planning further European attacks – Europol Director

      The so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS, ISIL) “has the willingness and the capability to carry out further attacks in Europe,” Director of Europol Rob Wainwright said during presser held in Amsterdam, Monday. “All of the national authorities are working to prevent that from happening,” he added.

      The Europol chief referred to his organisations counter-terrorism report, published last week, which warned that IS militants are specifically targeting France for another attack, but also that other EU countries are at risk.

      Wainwright was talking at the opening of the new European Counter Terrorism Centre, which is to be based in The Hague, Netherlands, and will be staffed by 40-50 international ‘experts’ in the field of counterterrorism. The centre will specialise in increasing intelligence sharing between European security organisations, tracking suspects across international borders, assisting EU countries in investigations, and discovering the sources of illegal financing and firearms.

  15. Nigerian herdsmen kill 20 in ‘revenge’ attack in Adamawa (BBC, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35400537

    “At least 20 people, including a police chief, were killed in early morning attacks on four villages in northern Nigeria, police say.

    Local media say as many as 29 people were killed in the attack by suspected herdsmen from the Fulani ethnic group and police were caught in an ambush.

    Unconfirmed reports suggest the herdsmen were acting in revenge.

    The BBC’s Ishaq Khalid says there is an ongoing conflict between herdsmen and farmers over land and grazing rights.

    This particular feud was over the destruction of farm crops, police spokesman Othman Abubakar told AFP news agency.

    Mr Abubakar said the gunmen had looted food supplies and set fire to homes before fleeing on Sunday morning.

    The police chief of Girei town, in Adamawa State, was killed when police had been ambushed on the way to the site of the attack, he added

    One suspect has been arrested.”

  16. About 25 dead in Cameroon suicide bomb attack (guardian, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/25/around-25-dead-in-cameroon-suicide-bomb-attack

    “Four suicide bombers have killed about 25 people in a village in Cameroon’s Far North region, the most deadly in a string of recent attacks in an area beset by violence connected to Boko Haram.

    A local official said on Monday: “There was a quadruple suicide bombing in the village of Bodo this morning. There are around 25 deaths and several wounded.”

    Two bombers struck the Bodo central market while others hit the town’s main entrance and exit points, the official said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

    Cameroonian troops form part of an 8,700-strong regional force created to defeat Boko Haram, the militant group that has waged a six-year campaign to carve out a separate state in north-eastern Nigeria.

    Boko Haram has stepped up attacks outside Nigeria over the past year in countries including Cameroon, Chad and Niger, threatening regional security.

    The bombing on Monday was not the first time Bodo has been targeted. At the end of December, two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to the town.

    Officials said at the time that the bombers were trying to access the market but were stopped by local residents. No others were injured in that incident….”

  17. UN Seeks $820 Million for Crises in Central, West Africa (abcnews, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/seeks-820-million-crises-central-west-africa-36500328

    “The United Nations and partners are appealing for more than $820 million to help refugees and others affected by violence in Cameroon, Nigeria and Central African Republic.

    A U.N. statement Monday said it and Cameroon are appealing for $282 million to provide protection and assistance to 1.1 million people affected by violence from Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists and malnutrition compounded by flooding and recurrent drought.

    The humanitarian plan also accounts for the thousands of refugees forced into Cameroon from Central African Republic because of ongoing conflict.

    The U.N. says a regional refugee response plan aims for $346 million for more than 476,000 Central African refugees and the 289,000 people hosting them in neighboring countries. It also appeals for $200 million for 230,000 Nigerian refugees fleeing attacks, and their host communities.”

  18. Libyan Parliament Rejects UN-Backed Unity Government (abcnews, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/libyan-parliament-rejects-backed-unity-government-36500179

    “A member of Libya’s internationally recognized parliament says it has rejected a U.N.-sponsored unity government and political agreement with rival authorities based in the capital, Tripoli.

    House of Representatives member Essa al-Areibi says 90 out of 140 members who attended Monday’s session rejected the unity Cabinet and 84 rejected the political agreement.

    The unity government and agreement were the result of months of negotiations, and were backed by some members of both rival factions.

    Libya has fallen into chaos since the 2011 toppling and killing of longtime dictator, Moammar Gadhafi.”

  19. Czechs Donate Weapons, Ammunition to Iraq, Jordan (abcnews, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/czechs-donate-weapons-ammunition-iraq-jordan-36499779

    “The Czech prime minister says his government has approved a plan to donate further weapons and ammunition to Iraq and also ammunition to Jordan to help them fight Islamic State militants.

    Bohuslav Sobotka says 6,500 assault rifles and 7 million pieces of ammunition will be transported to Iraq by the U.S. for the Iraqi and Kurdish armed forces.

    Sobotka also says he hopes that after last week’s visit of Prime Minister David Cameron to Prague Britain will drop its objections to a planned sale of Czech-made L-159 light combat planes to Iraq.

    He says the country will also provide Jordan with about 7 million pieces of ammunition for assault rifles and machine guns.

    The Czechs sent hundreds of tons of ammunition and hand grenades to Iraq before.”

  20. Two ‘terrorists’ killed by Egyptian police in 6 October apartment raid (ahram, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/185858/Egypt/Politics-/Two-terrorists-killed-by-Egyptian-police-in–Octob.aspx

    “Two “members of a terrorist group” were killed in an exchange of fire with police in 6 October city on the outskirts of Cairo on Monday, a security source told MENA.

    The security source said that the pair possessed weapons and ammunition inside their apartment.

    On Thursday, ten people, including seven policemen and three civilians, were killed in an explosion in Marioutiya on the outskirts of Cairo on Thursday when security forces attempted to raid a suspected militant hideout. An eighth policemen later died of his injuries.

    In recent months, Egyptian security forces have carried out several raids on apartments where suspected or fugitive Islamists militants were reportedly either hiding or preparing for “terrorist operations.”

    These raids have often ended with suspects killed by police, who say they are often met with gunfire upon arrival at the hideouts.

    Police have also recently carried out random searches of apartments in downtown Cairo, according to reports by residents.

    Security forces intensified their presence at key facilities on Monday, which marks the fifth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution.”

  21. NDS raids weapon depots of Daesh in Logar, seven terrorists arrested separately (khaama, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.khaama.com/nds-raids-arm-depots-of-daesh-in-logars-azra-district-4514

    “The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s inelegance agency has raided three weapon depots of the terrorist group of the Islamic State (IS) in Azra District of central Logar province.

    A statement released by NDS on Monday states that the depots belonged to Mohammad Ali Amarati who was previously a commander of Taliban group but now part of Daesh.

    Different types of weapons including Kalashnikovs, hundreds of rounds of weapons and bombs were recovered from the depots.

    Military equipment, propaganda pamphlets, 1070 kilograms of drugs and two vehicles were also confiscated during the raids.

    According to the statement, terrorists had intended to carry out coordinated attacks in parts of Logar province but NDS along with army and police foiled their plans.

    Seven terrorists were detained in separate raids, the statement adds.

    NDS statements usually do not contain exact date of the achievements but they come after recent activities.”

  22. Three Taliban killed in Kandahar attack (khaama, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.khaama.com/suicide-bombing-rocks-spin-boldak-district-of-kandahar-4515

    “Three Taliban militants have been killed in attack on police in Spin Boldak District of southern Kandahar province.

    Samim Khpalwak, spokesperson for the governor of Kandahar province while confirming the attack said it started with a suicide blast at a police center about 01:30 PM this afternoon.

    He added that other militants started a gun battle with security forces following the suicide bombing which lasted for about 30 minutes.

    Officials had not released details of possible casualties to security forces by the time this report was filed.

    Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.

    Kandahar is comparatively a restive province where armed militants are operating in its far flung areas but they often hit targets in the provincial capital as well. The province has seen some deadly Taliban attacks in the past.”

  23. Government urged to form special unit for protecting journalists (khaama, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.khaama.com/government-urged-to-form-special-unit-for-protecting-journalists-4516

    “Following the deadly attack on a bus carrying journalists in Kabul, Afghanistan Radio and Television Union (ARTU) that promotes cooperation and support for Radio and Television networks in Afghanistan urged government to form a special unit of security forces to protect journalists and media organizations…”

  24. France vows order in Calais after refugees storm ferry (thelocal, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.thelocal.fr/20160125/france-under-pressure-to-maintain-order-in-calais

    “French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Sunday vowed to maintain “order” in northern Calais, a day after dozens of migrants boarded a ferry triggering the temporary closure of the key port.

    “The government is completely determined to ensure public order is maintained in Calais,” Cazeneuve said.

    A day earlier, some 30 to 40 migrants briefly boarded the moored “Spirit of Britain” ferry in the French port in an attempt to reach Britain, before police removed them from the ship….”

  25. Growing asylum numbers in Kent depriving vulnerable children of treatment locally (express, Jan 25, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/637774/Asylum-seekers-Kent-depriving-vulnerable-children-treatment-locally

    “VULNERABLE young Britons are being deprived of the care they need in their home towns by the growing demands of asylum seekers.

    Social Services in Kent are now acutely affected by the impact of up to 50 refugee children arrived each month – and local children are being sent out of county for treatment.

    Kent County Council bosses are now calling on the Government to launch an urgent dispersal programme, claiming they have borne the brunt of the migrant crisis in Britain.

    Councillor Peter Oakford said just 285 of the current 1,382 asylum children were placed outside the county – leaving 80 per cent behind.

    The council has claimed they are also looking after 1,360 children from other counties.

    Cllr Oakford said: “The availability of accommodation in Kent and Medway is extremely limited. This has affected our ability to place citizen children within Kent ourselves.

    “We have had to place Kent children outside Kent due to the influx of unaccompanied minors, which is not a good position to be in and not a position we want to be in.

    “It is actually costing us more financially because we have had to place six children in the short term in residential care which is far more expensive than normal foster care.”

    The councillor accused other councils of doing little to help – even after a stern letter to from Home Secretary Theresa May urging them to support Kent.

    He added: “One authority said it would only take children under the age of five, which is a bit of a challenge for someone coming from Afghanistan.”

    The council, while doing their best to look after the refugee children, are also facing a backlash from locals.

    But he added: “Until a dispersal programme comes into being, it will be very difficult to address that.”

    Philip Segurola, director of specialist children’s care at the council, said: “The concern is that the arrival season from April and May will pick up again.

    “That is a real anxiety. The expectation is that the numbers arriving this year are likely to be the same as last year, if not even higher.

    “Our ability to sustain another year are extremely concerning.”

    UKIP councillor Zita Wiltshire branded the situation “depressing”.

    She said: “Other authorities have taken just 22 children – that is a disgrace and they should be hanging their heads in shame.””

  26. Swedish REFUGEE CENTRE WORKER DEAD in stabbing

    A young man allegedly stabbed and killed a female employee at the refugee centre for unaccompanied minors where he was staying in western Sweden, police have said.

    Police would not comment on the identity or nationality of the alleged attacker, except to say that he was a young man who was a resident of the centre for 14- to 17-year-olds in Mölndal.

    http://www.thelocal.se/20160125/swedish-refugee-centre-worker-dead-in-stabbing

    Migrant fatally stabs Swedish refugee centre worker

    (AFP) A young asylum seeker on Monday allegedly stabbed and killed a female employee of the refugee centre for unaccompanied minors where he was staying in western Sweden, police said.

    “These kinds of calls are becoming more and more common. We’re dealing with more incidents like these since the arrival of so many more refugees from abroad,” police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg said.

    http://www.wort.lu/en/international/sweden-migrant-fatally-stabs-swedish-refugee-centre-worker-56a6349e0da165c55dc51d65

    • Sweden: Woman killed as fight breaks out at refugee centre for minors

      A woman was killed after a fight broke out at a centre for underage unaccompanied refugees in Molndal, near Gothenburg, on Monday morning. The 22 year old victim was an employee at the centre and died at the Sahlgrenska Hospital as a consequence of knife-induced injuries sustained during the brawl.

      The Molndal Police spokesperson stated that one resident at the centre was taken into custody in relation to the death. Several others were also detained for allegedly participation in the brawl leading to the death of the employee. The police refused to disclose any further information on the identity of the detainees.

  27. Swedish police warn Stockholm’s main train station is now overrun by migrant teen gangs ‘stealing and groping girls’

    Hundreds of Moroccan children living on the streets in Stockholm

    Accused of stealing and assaulting security guards at the main station

    Police say they grope girls and ‘slap them in the face when they protest’

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3415477/Swedish-police-warn-Stockholm-s-main-police-station-overrun-migrant-teen-gangs-stealing-groping-girls.html

  28. Czech Republic: PEGIDA’s ‘Fortress Europe’ Coalition adopts Prague Declaration

    Fortress Europe (or Festung Europa in German), a coalition of several right-wing, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim parties throughout Europe, have adopted and signed the Prague Declaration in the Czech Republic’s capital, Saturday, declaring their opposition to immigration and what they call the “Islamisation” of Europe.

    The Prague declaration expresses a commitment to oppose immigration, especially Muslim immigrants and to oppose “Political Islam” and Islamic governments, which it labels an “enemy” of Europe. The agreement also calls for a rejection of the European Central Government and the right of all European nations to defend their sovereignty and borders.

    Members of Fortress Europe includes various branches of the Europe-wide PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of Europe) movement, alongside the Czech Republic’s Blok Proti Islamu (Anti-Islam Coalition) and Usvit – Narodni Koalice (Dawn – National Movement), Poland’s Ruch Narodowy (National Movement), Italy’s Lega Nord (Northern League), Slovakia’s Odvaha (Courage) Party and the Estonian Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond (Conservative People’s movement).

    The term ‘Fortress Europe’ (or ‘Festung Europa’ in German), was coined by Adolph Hitler to refer to Nazi-occupied areas of Europe.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_Europe

    • Netherlands: “I don’t think that Schengen is at stake” – EC’s Avramopoulos

      European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos called on European Union member-states to support “front-line states” with refugees, adding that Europe must “maintain and safeguard the greatest achievement of European integration,” while speaking ahead of the EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs summit in Amsterdam, Monday.

    • UK: Holocaust survivors call on UK Govt. to accept refugees on Holocaust Memorial Day

      Dozens of activist participated in the Holocaust Memorial Day Vigil outside Westminster Station in Central London, Monday, while calling on the UK government to accept refugees and comparing refugees today with holocaust survivors escaping Europe over 70 years ago.

  29. Germany: Kempten residents rally in support of alleged 13 y/o sexual abuse victim

    Residents in the town of Kempten rallied on Sunday in solidarity with the 13-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually abused by three “foreigners” earlier in January. Police stated that there was no evidence of an abduction or rape following the accusations.

  30. REBEL MEDIA – Trio of “blind” middle-eastern men take photos of busy Vancouver mall

    David Menzies looks at a curious incident at a busy Vancouver mall involving three middle-eastern men photographing exists and entrances. The incident was flagged as “suspicious” leading to some clamouring for a Royal Commission on racial profiling

  31. Migrant Riot At Asylum Centre After Pakistani Muslims Catch Afghan Muslims Getting Drunk

    The brawl in the early hours of Sunday morning in the Leimen camp in Baden-Württemberg, Germany was triggered by inter-Islamic friction between different interpretations of the faith. Pakistani Muslims at the migrant centre had discovered that a group of Muslims from Afghanistan had been drinking alcohol and accused them of being “bad Muslims” for doing so, reports the Stuttgarter Nachrichten.

    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/01/25/riot-at-asylum-centre-after-pakistani-muslims-catch-afghan-muslims-getting-drunk/

  32. China Deepens Its Footprint in Iran After Lifting of Sanctions

    On Saturday, Iran’s leaders and China’s visiting president, Xi Jinping, agreed to increase trade to $600 billion in the coming decade. A strategic pact between the two countries has given China a much-needed western gateway to Middle Eastern markets and beyond, while saving Iran from international isolation and economic ruin. “Where we had to stand on the sidelines, the Chinese have been filling the void,” said a European diplomat. “They are way ahead of all of us.” China has been Iran’s biggest trading partner for the past six years.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/world/middleeast/china-deepens-its-footprint-in-iran-after-lifting-of-sanctions.html?_r=0

  33. GERMANY – ‘Merkel should be ready to flee to South America’: AfD leader

    An Alternative for Germany (AfD) spokeswoman shocked TV viewers on Sunday night when she suggested that Chancellor Angela Merkel should “go into exile to Chile or South America” for fear of violent reprisals for her refugee policy.

    Beatrix von Storch faced an immediate challenge from political talk show host Anne Will, who confronted her with one of her own Facebook posts blasting Merkel for “ruining our country like no one since 1945”.

    “I’m taking bets that Merkel will leave the country when she steps down – for security reasons,” the post continued.

    When Will asked if she was serious about this, von Storch said “I mean that she should go into exile to Chile or South America”.

    It was a pointed reference to the fact that many Nazi war criminals, such as Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann, fled to South America following the defeat of the Hitler regime in 1945 and escaped prosecution for decades.

    Chile was also the final destination for East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) leader Erich Honecker following the reunification of Germany in 1990.

    But the South America link is especially resonant at a time when many far-right Merkel opponents are explicitly comparing the Chancellor and her government to Nazi war criminals.

    The furthest-gone conspiracy theorists say leaders plan to “replace” the German population with Muslim immigrants – just as the Nazis wanted to replace eastern Europeans with German settlers.

    There were audible gasps from the audience at Storch’s remarks, and protests from fellow guest Armin Laschet, deputy leader of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

    But von Storch – who is also an MEP – refused to back down, although her speculations about Merkel’s future were hardly the “return to the facts” she had promised.

    Fighting the causes of flight

    Von Storch’s wild imagination was a hard act to follow for the mainstream politicians discussing whether Germany should ape Austria’s example by introducing an upper limit on the number of migrants allowed into the country.

    “You and your upper limit. We’ve already heard what you’ve got to say at the lower limit!”, Laschet retorted to von Storch.

    Laschet tried to defend Merkel’s policy, saying that she had never said that everyone arriving in Germany would be allowed to stay – and emphasizing the importance of resolving the conflicts driving refugees towards Europe.

    For instance, the Rhineland politician also praised the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is co-operating” in Syria – despite allegations that Russian forces’ bombs have killed more than 1,000 civilians.

    ‘If we don’t manage this, Europe will break apart’

    Meanwhile, a representative from the Evangelical Church was duking it out with a politician from the Christian Social Union (CSU), Merkel’s conservative Bavarian allies.

    Former Interior Minister and senior serving MP Hans-Peter Friedrich repeated the CSU’s call for an upper limit on refugee arrivals and tighter security at the European Union’s external borders.
    Story continues below…

    But Evangelical Church council chairman Heinrich Bedford-Strohm demanded to know “what happens to the people who are kept out of the EU? I’d really like to have an answer!”

    “It’s not Christian to arouse hope in people that we can’t fulfil,” Friedrich said.

    With little to agree on when it came to refugees, all the participants seemed able to do was lament the impact of border measures on Europe.

    “I see the European internal market endangered” if heavy goods trucks have to wait for hours at EU borders rather than passing straight through, Merkel deputy Laschet said – adding that this, too, was weighing heavily on the Chancellor’s mind.

    “Europe is a great project for peace,” Church representative Heinrich Bedford-Strohm said. “If we don’t manage this, then Europe will break apart.”

    http://www.thelocal.de/20160125/merkel-should-be-ready-to-flee-to-south-america

  34. Czech president Zeman, Minister of Education reject UN’s pro-migrant propaganda aimed at children.

    Prague, Jan 24 (CTK) – The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) project putting school children in the role of refugees by means of comics and a film is idiotic and dangerous, President Milos Zeman said on Prima commercial television Saturday.
    He praised Education Minister Katerina Valachova who said that her ministry will not distribute the material to schools.
    “The comics are another idiotic project of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. I think that it is just as naive as Bolshevik propaganda that, though it did not have the form of comics, was essentially just as stupid,” Zeman said.
    He added that comics “in a way simplifies the situation.”
    The project Hello Czech Republic is based on a Swedish model. The UNHCR owns the copyright to the model.
    It includes a comic book and a film telling the story of Hamid, a boy who sets out on a journey from Afghanistan to Sweden. A 13-minute film tells the story of a Kurdish girl whom her mother sent to Sweden.
    Zeman said he believes that children would behave according to the manual in real contact with immigrants and that it would take a woman or a girl in Cologne into a blind ally.
    “Every stupid propaganda is dangerous,” Zeman added.

    http://praguemonitor.com/2016/01/25/zeman-calls-educational-project-refugees-idiotic-and-dangerous

  35. Netherlands: EU officials call to extend border controls as Schengen under pressure

    European officials announced plans to extend new border control measures following a meeting of EU ministers in Amsterdam on Monday. Dutch Minister for Migration Klaas Dijkhoff stated that the group had asked the European Commission to “prepare the legal and practical basis for the continuance of temporary border measures through Article 26 of the Schengen border code.”

    The article would allow member states to operate temporary border controls for two years instead of six months which is currently permitted by the commission.

    Dijkhoff also proposed that the “EU takes a role when a member state is confronted with situation in which the external pressure [of migration] becomes too high to manage itself, the [European] council should have a decisive role and a say in this procedure.”

  36. Where Does All That Aid for Palestinians Go?
    An outsize share of per capita international aid, even as the Palestinian Authority funds terrorists.

    1. There seems to be broad agreement about the importance of extending development aid to help the Palestinians build the physical and social infrastructure that will enable the emergence of a sustainable, prosperous society. But such assistance will only promote peace if it is spent to foster tolerance and coexistence.

    2. If it is used to strengthen intransigence, it does more harm than good – and the more aid that comes in, the worse the outcome. This is exactly what has been transpiring over the past few decades. Large amounts of foreign aid to the Palestinians are spent to support terrorists and deepen hostility.

    3. For years the most senior figures in the Palestinian Authority have supported, condoned and glorified terror. Countless Palestinian officials and state-run television have repeatedly hailed the murder of Jews. The Palestinian regime in Ramallah pays monthly stipends of between $400 and $3,500 to terrorists and their families. In 2014, the PA’s annual budget for supporting Palestinian terrorists was $75 million, amounting to 16% of the foreign donations the PA received annually.

    4. This situation is particularly disturbing given the disproportionate share of development assistance the Palestinians receive, which comes at the expense of needy populations elsewhere. In 2013 the Palestinians received $176 of assistance per capita, by far the highest in the world. Syria, where more than 250,000 people have been killed and 6.5 million refugees displaced, received only $106 per capita.

    5. The remaining eight countries in the top 10 – Sudan, South Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon, Somalia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo – received an average of $15.30. The Palestinians, who are more than twice as wealthy on average as these eight countries, receive 11 times as much foreign aid per person.

    6. Donors to the Palestinians who support peace would do well to rethink the way they extend assistance. Money should go to economic and civic empowerment, not to perpetuate a false sense of victimhood and unconditional entitlement. It should foster values of tolerance and nonviolence, not the glorification and financing of terrorism.

    http://www.wsj.com/articles/where-does-all-that-aid-for-palestinians-go-1453669813

  37. The European ”humanitarian superpower” Sweden does its very best to please foreign asylum seekers, by providing them with both food, clothing and shelter, but it seems the country’s own ethnic citizens in need are of less importance and forgotten.

    Sture, a homeless man in his 60s was found dead early Wednesday morning outside the hospital in Nynashamn.

    Sture had sought refuge from the cold in Nynäshamns hospital during the night. But he was not allowed to remain there. A security guard threw him out, and without any offers of housing from the municipality, and out of options, he was forced to spend the night at a bus stop outside the hospital.

    In the morning he was found frozen to death, reports Nynäshamnsposten…

    http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.2405/the-humanitarian-superpower-that-lets-its-own-people-freeze-to-death.html#.Vpu6xMeFLuU.email