Austria’s ruling coalition has banned Muslim full-face veils in public places. The measure is part of a larger deal struck by the center-left Democratic party (SPÖ) and the center-right Austrian People’s party (ÖVP) to avert the disintegration of the ruling coalition, according to Austrian press. Similar bans to the one proposed in Austria have been already endorsed…
Category: Human Rights
EU immigration dichotomy
The startling difference of approach toward migration crisis resolution between EU bureaucrats and national politicians representing opinions of their electorate shifts both policies into confrontational mode, beyond possibility of a compromise. “We have in Europe a history – and here I think I do not speak only for the European Union – that has told…
EU Court refuses terrorist related asylum-seeker
Today the Court of Justice of the European Union – the highest justice instance – decided to reject the appeal of suspect in link to terrorist asylum claim. The case of Moroccan national Mostafa Lounani, jailed for six years in Belgium for assisting in forging documents as part of a network sending volunteer jihadis to Iraq….
Canada shelters US banned migrants
Canada will offer temporary residency to any traveler restricted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders temporarily barring people from seven hight risk of Islamic radical terrorists infiltration countries and conflict zones, an official said on weekend. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen told a news conference he did not know how many people might be eligible…
Trump: US #terroristban
U.S. green card holders will require additional screening before they can return to the United States, the White House said on weekend, amid protests of numerous pro-immigrant NGO and Democrat’s supporters against the measure. Earlier, a Department of Homeland Security official said people holding green cards, making them legal permanent U.S. residents, were…
EU cleft over Trump's Muslim migrants ban
European political parties cleft over US President Trump measures to stop migration from conflict regions to avoid infiltration of potential Islamic radical terrorists. At the moment the ban to entry from seven Muslim countries touched 400 travellers struck in JFK airport, causing an outrage of pro-Immigrant NGOs. A Federal Judge in Brooklyn, NY issued a…
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