Immigration

Austria becomes first EU country to deport Syrian convict since Assad’s fall
Syrian man was granted asylum in 2014 but will now be sent back.

Poland’s tit-for-tat border checks further weaken Schengen

Update : Warum Polen die deutsche Grenze kontrollieren will

Trump doesn’t rule out deporting Musk

Austrian chancellor sees anti-immigration ally in Merz

Albanian PM slams UK push to ‘dump’ asylum-seekers in third countries

Update: Österreichs Kanzler Stocker im Interview
Von der Leyen can’t go far with the far right
Socialists and liberals are rebelling against the Commission president, but she has no easy fix in working with parties further to the right.
France plans to stop more UK-bound migrant boats at sea
Changes come after the British government criticized French authorities for not doing enough to combat migrant smuggling.
‘Damning’ UK child grooming report finds authorities feared being called racist
“Questions about ethnicity have been asked but dodged for years,” says official report into organized child sexual abuse.
Trump ratchets up immigration threats to Democratic-run cities
He attributed to “Radical Left Democrats” seemingly every failing known to humanity.
Trump celebrates U.S. military might amid tensions at home and abroad
The day-long celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday coincided with nationwide protests against Trump and military strikes between Israel and Iran that are testing the president’s “America First” resolve.
Immigrants to Northern Ireland face new wave of terror
Police seek reinforcements to protect homes this weekend from racist mobs spurred by an alleged crime in Ballymena.
Schengen faces midlife crisis
Temporary border controls are becoming a fixture in the EU’s borderless travel area.
Musk admits he went ‘too far’ attacking Trump
Regrets, the tech billionaire has a few.
Trump’s border czar blames California governor for LA unrest
The Trump administration border czar vowed that the president won’t be “late to the game” in dealing with the California protests.
Trump spars with California governor as immigration clashes rock LA
The California governor urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to restore California’s control of the state’s National Guard.
The Musk-Trump blowup is really about immigration
The tech right and MAGA populists were always going to have a blowup thanks to their disagreement on whether immigration or the federal debt was central to Trump’s political movement.
California governor blasts Trump’s deployment of US troops to Los Angeles
The federal government is deploying 2,000 soldiers amid unrest over immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.
Illegally deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia back in US, will face criminal charges
The courts ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return after he was deported to El Salvador in violation of a court order.
Judge blocks Trump’s latest effort to ban Harvard’s foreign students
Judge Allison Burroughs says university “will sustain immediate and irreparable injury” from president’s proclamation.
Nigel Farage surges with Gen Z women
Reform UK has found an unlikely demographic to woo as it seeks power.
Trump halts entry of foreign students seeking to attend Harvard
The ban is an escalation of his fight with oldest U.S. university.
French prosecutors launch first-ever probe into possible act of racially motivated terrorism
The suspect posted clips that contained racist comments on his social media accounts, authorities said.
Keir Starmer is banking on Nigel Farage being toxic. What if he’s wrong?
There are big potential pitfalls in trying to build an anti-Farage electoral coalition.
Far-right Chega group confirmed as Portugal’s main opposition party
Ultranationalist lawmakers now control over a quarter of the seats in the country’s parliament.
Austrian leader pushes EU asylum overhaul under far-right pressure
The bloc’s asylum laws “no longer correspond to their original intention,” Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker says in FT interview.
Everything you need to know about the UK-EU Brexit reset summit
Three achievements are likely: a security pact, a declaration on global issues, and a “common understanding” of future topics to be negotiated.
Nigel Farage will haunt Keir Starmer’s big Brexit summit
Britain’s Labour government is still smarting from a bruising set of local election results at the hands of the chief Brexiteer.