Migrant Crime: “Numbers and Facts on Migration Don’t Lie”—German Police Union Leader Manuel Ostermann

“It is already statistically proven that this wave of migration has fuelled crime. To deny that would be irresponsible.”

Manuel Ostermann serves as the First Deputy Federal Chairman of the DPolG Federal Police Union in Germany. He is also the domestic policy spokesperson for the Junge Union, the governing CDU/CSU alliance’s youth organisation in the state of North Rhine–Westphalia, and an expert on internal security and policing. We spoke with him last week in the Hungarian city of Szeged, on the sidelines of a conference on the 10th Anniversary of the European Migration Crisis organised by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) and the Migration Research Institute (MRI).

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‘So consequential’: Ottawa faces lawsuit over benefit shoppers rights to access immigration lawyers

‘So consequential’: Ottawa faces lawsuit over newcomers’ rights to access immigration lawyers

A lawyers’ group says it is suing the federal government in a bid to boost legal protections for newcomers in “high-stakes” immigration and refugee cases.

The Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association (CILA) wants to force three federal departments to recognize the right for newcomers to have access to their lawyers in all stages of the visa application process. The non-profit organization named Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and Employment and Social Development Canada as defendants in Federal Court documents.

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Refugees in Four-Star Hotels as Germany’s Bill Hits €193 Million

Germany’s largest cities are shelling out hundreds of millions of euros on housing thousands of refugees in hotels, as local authorities struggle to cope with a lack of social housing and emergency shelters. Despite a decline in the overall number of asylum applications, the inflow of Ukrainian refugees entitled to initial accommodation has left city administrations with little choice but to turn to the private sector.

According to Bild, Germany’s ten largest cities—plus Essen, Dresden, Potsdam, Hanover, Chemnitz, and Rostock—reported that 11,809 refugees were living in hotels and guesthouses at the end of June. The cost in the first half of 2025 alone amounted to more than €193 million.

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Why Portland’s hipsters may secretly approve the National Guard

Donald Trump’s latest pledge to send the National Guard into Portland feels less like a response to a crisis and more like an unwanted sequel. The original deployment occurred in the summer of 2020, amid months of protests and recurring clashes near courthouses and police stations, some of which turned violent. The city saw a deadly incident that August when Michael Reinoehl, a self-proclaimed anti-fascist, shot and killed Aaron “Jay” Danielson, a member of the far-Right group Patriot Prayer. Reinoehl was subsequently killed by a US Marshals task force.

This time, the backdrop is far quieter: protests over ICE raids in 2025 are real but a fraction of the intensity of the George Floyd era. Plus, there are signs that Portland, like other blue cities, has quietly begun its own course correction.

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Man arrested after blaze at asylum hotel

A 64-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a London hotel housing asylum seekers.

The blaze at the Thistle City Barbican in Dingley Road, Islington, is being treated as a hate crime by investigating officers and has been condemned as a “despicable and cowardly attack”.

It happened at about 22:50 BST on Wednesday, according to the Metropolitan Police.

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Two Ontario diploma mills face deep cuts as foreign student scam hit by enrolment cap

Two Ontario colleges face deep cuts as foreign student cap shrinks enrolment, reports show

Two Ontario colleges are facing significant financial hardship if they do not slash costs to cope with weaker foreign student enrolment, according to reports prepared for the Ontario government.

Loyalist College in Belleville and Northern College in Timmins could suffer revenue declines of approximately 60 per cent and 35 per cent, respectively, between 2025 and 2030, according to the reports, which were authored by consulting companies KPMG and Deloitte and obtained by The Globe and Mail.

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Schoolgirl assaulted by Epping migrant now feels ‘vulnerable’ in skirt

A schoolgirl who was sexually assaulted by an Ethiopian asylum seeker near a migrant hotel in Essex has said she feels “vulnerable wearing a skirt” since the attack.

The unnamed 14-year-old victim said she felt forced to check over her shoulder whenever she went out with friends.

The migrant, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was jailed for 12 months on Tuesday after assaulting the girl and a woman in Epping. The sentence means he is automatically eligible for deportation.

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California bans most law enforcement including ICE from wearing masks

California’s governor has signed a bill to ban local and federal law enforcement officers, including with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from wearing face masks while on duty.

The ban, which comes into effect on 1 January 2026, is part of a series of bills that aims to protect residents from what Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has called “secret police” roaming the streets.

US Attorney Bill Essayli, a Trump appointee, said California “has no jurisdiction over the federal government”, adding the law has “no effect on our operations” and agents “will continue to protect their identities”.

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That’s A Good Thing: Number of asylum seekers turned back by Canada grows despite U.S. threat of third-country deportation

Canada – Camp of The Saints Doormat

Canada’s government is sending more asylum-seekers hoping to file claims in Canada back to the U.S. under a bilateral pact, even as the U.S. says it may deport them to third countries.

Some of the people Canada is turning back should be eligible to file refugee claims in Canada, lawyers say, under exemptions to the Safe Third Country Agreement. The agreement broadly requires asylum-seekers at the Canada-U.S. border to be sent back to the first of the two countries they entered but allows some people – for example those with close family in Canada or stateless persons – to file claims.

Not our problem.

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Dutch police clash with anti-immigration protesters

Dutch police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse violent anti-immigration protesters in The Hague on Saturday.

Thirty people were arrested and two officers injured as large groups of people clashed with police, with some throwing rocks and bottles.

Around 1,500 people blocked a highway crossing the city, while a police car was set on fire, the Netherlands news agency ANP reported, citing police figures.

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Sweden’s Gang Crisis: Bombings, Teen Hitmen, and a Nation on Edge

Sweden, once regarded as one of Europe’s most peaceful nations, is now grappling with levels of gang violence unprecedented on the continent.

According to Euronews, Stockholm is one of the most dangerous cities in Europe: it has recorded 55 shootings up until August this year, resulting in nine deaths, while nationwide, there have been 113 incidents, leaving 33 people dead.

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Federal agents use teargas and pepper balls to break up Chicago Ice protest

Federal law enforcement agents used teargas and pepper balls to disperse a group of about 100 protesters, including two Democratic candidates for Congress, during a series of early morning clashes outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) building in Chicago on Friday.

Demonstrators had attempted to block a number of government SUVs from entering and exiting the facility, which has become an operating hub and detention location during an immigration crackdown in the Democratic city dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz”.

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Talk vs. Reality: Millions of Migrants Still Jobless in Europe

Cultural traditions, poor language skills, and education gaps continue to block integration efforts.

More than seven million migrants remain outside the European Union’s labour market, despite the liberal political class’ insistence that the millions of migrant arrivals in recent decades would benefit Europe.

According to the European Commission’s latest Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) report, the unemployment rate among migrants is double that of the EU average: 11.8% compared to 5.9%.

Migrants are also the most exposed to poverty, with 38% living at risk.

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After ICE raids, Canada sees surge in benefit shoppers crossing border through New York

Canada is seeing a sharp increase in asylum-seekers entering through a border crossing between New York and the province of Quebec, as President Donald Trump’s policies drive away migrants and even some U.S. citizens.

Canadian officials have received more than 5,500 asylum claims since the beginning of July at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing, south of Montreal. That’s a 263% increase from the same period last year, according to data from the Canada Border Services Agency.

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I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger

Determined to get a good spot on Whitehall, the woman from Liverpool had woken her nieces at 3am to travel to London. Her dedication paid off. By the time the march reached her on Saturday afternoon, she was sitting on a wall outside Downing Street, the little girls in camping chairs at her feet, engrossed in their iPads.

She had unfurled two banners. One said “Keir Starmer is a wanker” and the other read: “We’re not far right, we are England’s mothers and we will not stay silent. Stop the rape of our children, mothers across Britain are taking a stand.”

I asked her why she was there and she looked incredulous. Wasn’t it obvious? “Because Keir Starmer’s a wanker.” Why? “He’s taking our speech away.” Even though you’re allowed to sit outside his house and call him a wanker? “Well he is.”

The Guardian is fainting again.

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