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Refugees who gang-raped an 18-year-old girl after spiking her drink in an attack that sparked far-right protests against foreigners in Germany have today been jailed. Ten men were handed down sentences at the district court in Freiburg, following the assault on the teenager outside a nightclub in 2018. The main suspect, named only as Majd … Read more
Three Afghan refugees who claim to have been locked in UK immigration removal centre ‘cells’ for 11 hours every night are suing the Home Office. The men believe they were detained in ‘unlawful’ conditions during their time at Brooke House IRC, West Sussex, which was then run by private security firm G4S. A ‘lock-in regime’, … Read more
Three refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Cameroon SUE for invasion of privacy after their phones were checked to prove their ID in Germany Refugees are suing Germany for invasion of privacy for demanding their phones It’s legal to use asylum seekers’ phones to identify them if they have no passport Society of Civil Rights argues that … Read more
Easter migrant boom: 72 refugees detained in one day as dinghies moor up on Kent beaches with masked men and women on board Four separate boats containing 72 migrants were intercepted off the south coast They said they were from Iraq, Iran and Syria and were sent for medical exams They were transferred to immigration … Read more
Three Sudanese refugees were in custody in France today following the first terrorist attack in Europe during the Coronavirus lockdown – raising fears that they were part of an ISIS-style cell. One, identified as 33-year-old Abdallah A.O, stabbed two people to death and severely wounded seven others during a bloody rampage in the French town … Read more
Next to a heap of rotting rubbish lies a dead puppy covered in flies. The stench is overwhelming. Oblivious, the little Syrian girl with pigtails, gold dangly earrings, and mud streaked across her forehead, picks up the bread roll she has dropped on the ground and bites into it hungrily. It is breakfast time on … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to keep borders open for Syrian refugees headed for Europe as the first 18,000 cross the Greek border and migrants clash for the second day with guards. ‘What did we do yesterday (Friday)? We opened the doors,’ Erdogan said in Istanbul in his first comments since 33 Turkish … Read more
Turkey will no longer block refugees trying to get to Europe after 33 of its soldiers were killed in a Syrian government airstrike in Idlib overnight, an official has said. Police, coastguard and border security officials have been instructed to stand down and allow people access to European borders by land and sea, the official … Read more