PA: Europe
Friday, 18 March 2016 09:56
Refugees - terrible statistics
13.5 million Syrians (including six million children) will be displaced in 2016, according to the Syria Humanitarian Response Plan. Less than 20% of Syrian refugees seek safety in Europe. 3.6 million Syrians registered by UNHCR are…
Friday, 18 March 2016 09:54
Russia and Ukraine discuss prisoner transfers
Ukraine has asked Russia to repatriate several high-profile prisoners, raising hopes for an exchange that could free controversial detainees caught up in the confrontation between the two countries. The two countries are separately considering appeals from…
Friday, 11 March 2016 10:52
IS documents identify 22,000 jihadis
Thousands of IS registration forms detailing phone numbers and family contacts of 22,000 jihadis were handed to Sky News by a disillusioned convert to the group entrusted with keeping the organisation's core secrets on a memory…
Friday, 11 March 2016 10:49
Germany: a split of opinion
A German intercessor says: ‘Germany is divided into those for and those against taking in refugees. Ideological condemnation is common between ‘blue-eyed do-gooders’ and ‘small-minded backwoods people’. Hatred flares, violence spreads, and our citizens are committing…
Friday, 04 March 2016 13:15
Germany: refugees have no voice
‘Christians and Muslim converts to Christianity have no voice’, says Pastor Gottfried Martens, whose church in Berlin is a ‘drop-in-centre’ for more than 1,000 Christian refugees. ‘In the refugee homes many Christians live in fear of…
Friday, 04 March 2016 13:11
Europe: summits on refugee crisis
Europe’s migration crisis is hurtling towards a potentially defining turning point this month, with the pillars of the EU’s policy under sustained assault and German chancellor Angela Merkel facing the first electoral test of her refugee…