‘I’m not sorry for what I do’: inside the people smuggling gangs in Calais

A Kurdish man allegedly behind deadly trips on the Channel. Known as ‘Red’, he boasts he can earn €50,000 a day

The Channel spits and swells beneath two dinghies that are slowly filling with icy black water, collapsing under the weight of 160 migrants who stampede towards the remaining upright corners of the vessels in ripped lifejackets and wearing makeshift arm-floats fashioned from plastic bottles.

By 7am, only an hour into two perilous boat crossings from northern France to the UK that took place last Saturday and which resulted in four fatalities, Hellen Getu, 27, was left gripping on to her older sister Hareg’s lifeless body to prevent it from being washed out to sea.

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Non-Western Immigrants Commit One-Third of Rapes and Violent Crimes in Denmark

29.6% of the country’s violent crimes and 32.4% of rapes are committed by perpetrators from a non-Western background, despite only making up 10.6% of the population.

Non-Western immigrants and their descendants are vastly overrepresented in Danish crime statistics.

Citing numbers from the Ministry of Justice, Berlingske reports that non-Western immigrants, who make up 8.4% of the Danish population, commit 14% of the country’s crimes of aggravated violence and 24.3% of the rapes, judging by number of convicted.

Maybe even more concerning are the figures for second-generation non-Western immigrants. Making up a mere 2.2% of the population, this demographic is responsible for 15.6% of the violent crimes and 8.1% of the rapes.

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Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Support Deportations for Illegal Migrants

An Ipsos poll says 66 percent of Americans support the deportation of illegal migrants, which is a central promise of President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.

The September 20-22 poll of 1,29 adults shows that 90 percent of Republicans and 68 percent of independents support the popular policy of “deporting immigrants who are in the country illegally.” The policy is also favored by 47 percent of Democrats.

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Orbán: Everyone Will Come to the Same Conclusion on Migration

The European Union is in a much more difficult situation than it was thirteen years ago, when Hungary last held the rotating presidency of the European Council, conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference in Strasbourg on Tuesday, October 8th, one day before he is due to present the programme of the current Hungarian presidency at the European Parliament’s plenary session.

While the EU had to contend with the aftermath of the financial crisis, the Arab Spring, and the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, it is now facing a migration crisis, a war in Europe, a severe conflict in the Middle East, hostilities in Africa, and all these conflicts are in danger of escalating.

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Massive surge of illegal migrants, including suspected terrorists, crossing border from Canada to US

It’s well-known that millions of migrants have illegally entered the United States, crossing over the country’s southern border with Mexico. What isn’t as well-known is migrants are also crossing illegally into the US over its northern border with Canada.

And while it’s very much shy of the numbers coming in from the south, the number of migrants crossing from the north has increased 50-fold under the Biden-Harris administration, according to the US Border Patrol.

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German politician claims his daughter was sexually harassed by migrants amid ‘social upheaval

Muslims in Germany: Caliphate is the solution

Cem Özdemir, the country’s agriculture minister said his teenager had been repeatedly ‘sexualised and unpleasantly ogled’

A German Green party leader said young migrant men had sexually harassed his daughter as he condemned the country’s migration policies for causing ‘massive social upheaval’.

Cem Özdemir, Germany’s agriculture minister and a key member of the Green party, said the country must act now to protect its democracy by making clear to illegal immigrants that there is “no place” for them in Germany.

In an op-ed in the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper, the Left-wing politician said it was his duty to speak out after hearing what had happened to his daughter.

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Transgender Syrian On US “No Fly” List Bitching About Being Denied Entry To Canada

A transgender Syrian refugee claims she has been stranded in a Turkish airport for seven months after a Canadian diplomat alleged that she underwent gender reassignment surgery in a bid to gain access to the country.

Arwa Almsrawi had initially been granted refugee status by Canada after the nation received a referral from the U.N. Refugee Agency.

But while on her journey to her new homeland, she got into trouble at Istanbul Airport, learning she was on the U.S’ ‘No Fly List’ and eventually had her refugee status revoked.

I’m surprised Trudeau hasn’t personally intervened.

h/t DS

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French Outrage at Tipping Point After Student’s Rape and Murder

The news of the rape and murder of 19-year-old Philippine on the outskirts of Paris, involving a Moroccan illegal immigrant who had already been convicted by the courts and was facing deportation, exacerbates the anger of French citizens who see the repeated and culpable failings of the justice system leading to bloody, yet avoidable, tragedies.

The chain of events that led to the death of Philippine, a 19-year-old Catholic student, highlights a dramatic chain of responsibility that has already been observed in similar cases.

The Fdesouche website recalls the main stages in the life of Taha O., the 22-year-old Moroccan arrested in Switzerland on suspicion of Philippine’s murder. 

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Asylum claims at Canadian airports are skyrocketing: Here’s why it’s happening

Asylum seekers became the focus of a jurisdictional tug-of-war this month when federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller accused conservative premiers of trying to “weaponize” asylum arrivals for political gain.

The federal Liberal government is hoping to alleviate pressure on Quebec and Ontario, where the bulk of asylum seekers are entering through airports in Toronto and Montreal, by resettling asylum seekers more evenly in other provinces across the country.

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Previously Convicted Illegal Immigrant Under Deportation Orders Arrested for Vicious Paris Killing

At a time when the new French government is trying to find its way on security and immigration issues, a new tragedy has shaken French public opinion: the murder of Philippine, a 19-year-old Catholic student who was savagely killed and buried in the Bois de Boulogne, just outside Paris. The suspect is a Moroccan illegal immigrant with an OQTF (obligation to leave French territory), who had already been convicted of rape.

The violent crime, which occurred late on Friday, September 20th, is accompanied by a sense of déjà vu.

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The Real Questions of the Immigration Debate

Recent migrant scandals force us to consider who, how, and how much.

Political campaigns are symbolic ventures, designed to drive attention to certain issues and to marshal facts, language, and emotion to deliver a material advantage. From Cicero’s campaign for the consulship to Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s campaigns for the presidency, it has always been thus.

This is a useful lens through which to view the current immigration debate. For several weeks, two migrant-related stories have dominated national attention: Venezuelan gang members apparently seizing apartments in Aurora, Colorado, and tensions resulting from large-scale Haitian migration in Springfield, Ohio. Beneath the surface of their rhetorical heat, the controversies point to three key questions of immigration policy: who, how, and how much.

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France to expel illegal immigrants who have ‘broken in’ to country

France’s new interior minister has pledged to expel illegal immigrants who have “broken in” to the country amid moves aimed at toughening law and order.

Bruno Retailleau also called for a coalition of willing EU countries to compel the European Commission to tighten its immigration laws.

His pledges for a harsher response to asylum claims, violence against police, radical Islam and drug trafficking were said to reflect the growing influence of Marine Le Pen’s hard-Right National Rally (RN).

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