The feminist Seyran Ates has just provided a new book about the failure of integration of muslim migrants in Germany. But her book is more than just a critique – it is a pleading for a European core culture. Anna Reimann reports.
Nuovi Italiani, Italy’s first party for immigrants, criticized the country’s government for its poor handling of illegal immigration, after the death and drowning of at last 18 would-be migrants in their attempt to reach land. The party’s president, Musapha Mansouri slammed the government’s lack of action in addressing the phenomenon, citing that the Mediterranean is…
Spanish fishermen discovered a boat off of West Africa with one survivor, the bodies of seven dead migrants, and fifty others missing. According to the lone survivor, the boat was trying to reach Spain from Cape Verde. Thousands of Africans set sail for Spain’s Canary Islands each year, though the numbers are down sharply this…
Hostility toward immigrants is largely directed at Muslims, making up the largest group of immigrants after Latin Americans, the article states. Described as cancers, fanatics, drug addicts and cheats, fears are amounting especially in Northern Italy, where many factories and farms employ immigrants seeking work.
Political and governmental conflict still divides Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia, but the two communities put aside their differences to approve a tough new approach concerning asylum and economic migration. Under the agreement, migrants from outside the EU will only be able to fill jobs if there are not enough EU candidates. Further toughening of…
