The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, which critics have complained is notoriously corrupt. The U.S. will be cutting the year’s first contribution by more than half or perhaps entirely, and making additional donations contingent on major changes to the organization, according to […]
New U.S. bound flight screenings have begun
New security screenings for all passengers on U.S.-bound flights began on Thursday, with airlines worldwide questioning flyers about their trip and their luggage in the latest Trump administration decision affecting global travel. However, confusion still remains about the new regulations, which come at the end of a 120-day period following the United States lifting a […]
Austria to Italy: ‘Stop sending refugees to mainland!’
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on Thursday urged his Italian counterpart not to allow migrants arriving by boat to Italy’s islands to travel on to the mainland, declaring that “being saved in the Mediterranean cannot be connected with a ticket to Central Europe.” After meeting with Italy’s Angelino Alfano, Kurz told reporters that Austria expects […]
Safe again! U.S. already hits Trump’s 50,000 refugee cap
The U.S. has reached the Trump administration’s limit of 50,000 refugees for this budget year. That won’t stop some additional refugees from entering the United States in the next few months, but they will now face tighter standards. A Supreme Court order last month said the administration must admit refugees beyond the 50,000 cap if […]
Which EU country REFUSES to accept any more refugees?
The Czech Republic’s interior minister says his country won’t accept any more refugees as part of the EU’s obligatory quotas system to relocate migrants. The system of sharing some 160,000 migrants among member states to ease the migrant pressure on Greece and Italy has been fiercely opposed by Central and Eastern European nations. Slovakia and […]
Comey dropped a BOMBSHELL right before he was fired…
Just before he was fired, FBI Director James Comey dropped a truth bomb on the floor of the U.S. Senate: President Donald Trump was right. Our broken refugee policy is killing us. Accepting refugees from the Middle East has let hundreds of would-be terrorists enter the United States, he told the Senate last Wednesday. Leaked […]