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Turkey to expel Daesh jihadists starting on 11 November

Turkey to expel Daesh jihadists starting on 11 November

11 November 2019
On 7 November, at a press conference with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared that his country would continue to receive migrants, but that without the financial aid of the European Union, he was going to "open the gates."
The European Union had pledged to give Turkey € 2 billion a year in exchange for hosting migrants while preventing them from crossing into the EU. The first disbursement was made in 2016, but it actually served to finance (...)

UNHCR Communiqué on Northern Syria

UNHCR Communiqué on Northern Syria

Geneva (Switzerland) | 10 October 2019
Hundreds of thousands in harm’s way in northern Syria
The escalation of conflict in northern Syria risks causing more human suffering and adding new displacement to what is already the largest displacement crisis in the world.
Tens of thousands of civilians are on the move to escape the fighting and seek safety. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on parties to adhere to International Humanitarian Law, including providing access for aid agencies.
“Hundreds of thousands of civilians in (...)

The Venezuelan Disinformation Campaign

The Venezuelan Disinformation Campaign

6 September 2019
In August 2018, the international press reported on a massive exodus of Venezuelans fleeing the famine and chavist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro. There were 18,000 to cross the border each day. At the time, the UN predicted that there would be 5.3 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees throughout Latin America by the end of 2019. There was a major crisis.
Alas! These figures were pure propaganda: the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees has just published its official statistics (...)

Donald J. Trump’s Address to the Nation on the Crisis at the Border

by Donald Trump

Donald J. Trump's Address to the Nation on the Crisis at the Border

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 8 January 2019
My fellow Americans: Tonight, I am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border.
Every day, Customs and Border Patrol agents encounter thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country. We are out of space to hold them, and we have no way to promptly return them back home to their country.
America proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute to our nation. But all Americans are hurt (...)

Letter from Donald Trump to the Congress dealing with immigration

by Donald Trump

Letter from Donald Trump to the Congress dealing with immigration

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 4 January 2019
Dear Members of Congress:
Congratulations to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and her entire team, on her election to be Speaker of the House. I look forward to working together on our shared priorities for the American People, including rebuilding our infrastructure, reforming unfair trade deals, and reducing the price of prescription drugs. Our recent bipartisan success on numerous legislative accomplishments such as Criminal Justice Reform, opioid legislation, and the Farm Bill, underscores the (...)

The Aim of the Global Pact on Migration

by Thierry Meyssan

The Aim of the Global Pact on Migration

Damascus (Syria) | 17 December 2018
While seven states have already refused to sign the Global Pact on Migration, (which it is claimed was drafted in their interests), Thierry Meyssan revisits the history of this document and the philosophy which inspired its authors. The two strands of thought that thread this document together are the philosophies of Karl Popper and states releasing all control of their borders.

António Guterres and the “fakes news” of the Pact on Migration

António Guterres and the “fakes news” of the Pact on Migration

14 December 2018
More than 150 states have registered for the conference on the adoption of the Global Pact for sure, orderly and regular migration of Marakesh [Note: the reference document in English is entitled Global Pact but the UN translates it as the World Pact].
In his introductory remarks, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, took great pains to denounce the “false information” on the Pact. In particular, he emphasized that the text is not binding and it will not limit state sovereignty. (...)

«Current Concerns», n°26, November 28, 2018

Migrations as weapons of war

316. Migrations as weapons of war

Zurich (Switzerland) | 14 December 2018
For a factual clarification of history, causes and effects of migration. A new book by Hannes Hofbauer, An Interview with Hannes Hofbauer / Sustainability and free trade – No to one-way liberalisation. Consistent approach to sustainable development, by Schweizerische Vereinigung für einen starken Agrar- und Lebensmittelsektor (SALS) / National Council and Council of States will vote on UN migration pact in winter session, by Marianne Wüthrich / Who in Germany has broken with democratic practice? The German Bundestag debated the UN migration pact, by Karl Müller / Critique on UN migration pact comes from different sides in Germany / The Brexit, the EU and British Democracy, by Nicola Ferronato / Thinking about Stalingrad means: Never again war!. Heinrich Gerlach and his novel “Durchbruch bei Stalingrad“ (Breakthrough at Stalingrad), by Werner Wüthrich / Colonial goods – success against the mainstream. Nostalgic grocery store with charm, by Heini (...)

Trump authorizes those that fled Syrian to return under the protection of President al Assad

Trump authorizes those that fled Syrian to return under the protection of President al Assad

31 July 2018
Following the Nato Summit and the Helsinki Summit, Russia and the United States have agreed to evacuate Western personnel from Syria and to repatriate Syria refugees.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US partner Donald Trump have agreed to consider only a very small minority (less than 50,000) of those that fled the Syrian Arab Republic to be asylum seekers fleeing persecution. They have also agreed that the motive for which the vast majority (more than 2 million) did so, was to (...)

António Vitorino: New Head of the IOM

António Vitorino: New Head of the IOM

2 July 2018
The Portuguese Socialist Antonio Vitorino has been elected director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
This organization had been created the day following the Second World War to manage the displacement of people, a direct consequence of implementing peace treaties. It is currently linked to the UN and it currently implementing the policy devised by Peter Sutherland to destroy States .
Traditionally the IOM has been led by a US Diplomat. It has promoted (...)

“The Art of War”

Neocolonialism and the « migrant crisis »

by Manlio Dinucci

Neocolonialism and the « migrant crisis »

Rome (Italy) | 28 June 2018
The « migrant crisis » is currently diminishing in Europe, but will probably amplify dramatically in the next few years. The gigantic population displacements which are in preparation are the consequence of the on-going economic exploitation of Africa.

“The Art of War”

The Circuit of Death in the « Greater Mediterranean »

by Manlio Dinucci

The Circuit of Death in the « Greater Mediterranean »

Rome (Italy) | 20 June 2018
A very strange traffic is crossing the Mediterranean – in one direction, weapons to Africa and the Middle East – in the other, refugees who are the victims of these weapons. Unsurprisingly, the European political leaders are pretending not to know the main cause of these migrations.

Mostly Islamist refugees in Germany (testimony)

Mostly Islamist refugees in Germany (testimony)

13 March 2018
An Austrian television broadcast a report showing a Christian Syrian refugee who decided to return to his country.
According to his testimony, he left Syria to escape the Islamists. He went to Europe hoping to find freedom. However, he was reportedly interrogated unceremoniously by the German police and placed in a refugee camp with supporters of al-Qaeda and Daesh and where he would have been the only Christian.
The young man wonders about the future of Europe that became home to (...)

Relaxing entry clearance for Turkish nationals: Turkey delivers its case to the European Commission

Relaxing entry clearance for Turkish nationals: Turkey delivers its case to the European Commission

8 February 2018
The Turkish government has sent to the European Commission its file aimed at relaxing the regime for granting European visas to its citizens.
During the migrant crisis, Turkey agreed to cooperate with the EU on the condition that the EU made it easier to Turkish nationals to be granted a visa. The Commission had established 72 criteria that Turkey has declared that it now satisfies.
The Commission will evaluate the elements presented by Turkey.
On 26 March, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (...)

“The Art of War”

It is not Nato, but the Left that is “obsolete”

by Manlio Dinucci

It is not Nato, but the Left that is “obsolete”

Rome (Italy) | 31 January 2017
Manlio Dinucci considers that the European Left has thrown overboard its values: it slams the US restrictions on immigration without really understanding their nature or design. At the same time, it is fiercely committed to increasing its military expenditure. And why? For empire building and conservation.

New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants

New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants

New York (USA) | 19 September 2016
The Special Representative for International Migration and Development, Peter Sutherland, gives instructions to "his" Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
We, the Heads of State and Government and High Representatives, meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 19 September 2016 to address the question of large movements of refugees and migrants, have adopted the following political declaration.
I. Introduction
1. Since earliest times, humanity has been on the move. Some people (...)

Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28 June 2016)

Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28 June 2016)

Brussels (Belgium) | 28 June 2016
The Nato General secretary Jens Stoltenberg was attending the meeting of the European Council (Brussels, June 28th, 2016). I. MIGRATION
1. Further to the decision to fully apply the Schengen Borders Code and the implementation of the EU-Turkey statement of 18 March 2016, crossings from Turkey to the Greek islands have sharply decreased and have now almost come to a halt. It is important to continue working actively to further stabilise the situation and to ensure a sustainable solution. (...)

How the European Union is manipulating the Syrian refugees

by Thierry Meyssan

How the European Union is manipulating the Syrian refugees

Damascus (Syria) | 2 May 2016
The migration crisis that marked the European Union during the second half of 2015 was created artificially. However, several groups have tried to use it, either to destroy national cultures, to recruit low-cost workers, or to justify the financing of the war against Syria. But in the end, once the wave has passed and the damage done, the problem remains, above all, African.

The puppeteers of the migration crisis

by Thierry Meyssan

The puppeteers of the migration crisis

Damascus (Syria) | 2 May 2016
The biographies of the three main organisers of the migration crisis and the response offered by the European Union attest to their connections with the the United States administration and their existing determination to abolish frontiers. For these men, the current migrations are not a humanitarian problem, but a chance to put their theories into practice.

Turkish Supremacy

by Thierry Meyssan

Turkish Supremacy

Damascus (Syria) | 17 April 2016
The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has repeatedly brought up the option of depriving a tenth of the population of their Turkish nationality. These are far from declarations issued by a court. We have here the application of the supremacist theory of Millî Görüş, an Islamic organization, of which he was one of the directors and which he claims to have left. If such an option were to be implemented, it would open a new regional war.

Current Concerns, n°7, 6 April 2016

Organized Migrations

246. Organized Migrations

Zurich (Switzerland) | 8 April 2016
Europe and the mass migration – Causes, effects and how to cope, by Albert A. Stahel / History is about to repeat itself. Europe kneeling before Turkey, by Thierry Meyssan / A distinctive light on the inner state of Germany, by Karl Müller / 0.0% interest rate – The supressed financial crisis returns, by Eberhard Hamer / Science in the service of “profit maximisation”? Increasing influence on science / Decisions concerning State and (foreign) economic policy in the two chambers of (Swiss) parliament. A synopsis, by Marianne Wüthrich / Radical school reforms are not introduced in the Canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes / The Saline of Ulcinj, by Niels Peter Ammitzboell.

Facing Turkey, Europe chooses suicide

by Thierry Meyssan

Facing Turkey, Europe chooses suicide

Damascus (Syria) | 21 March 2016
By signing an agreement with Turkey to slow the influx of refugees – which happens to be illegal in international law – the leaders of the European Union have taken a step further in their pact with the devil. A large part of the 3 billion Euros annually allotted to Ankara will serve to finance support for the jihadists, and as a result will increase the number of migrants who are fleeing the war. Above all, by repealing the visa regulations with Turkey in the next few months, the Europeans are establishing free circulation between the Al-Qaïda camps in Turkey and Brussels. By crushing the Iraqi and Syrian people under the pressure of the jihadists whom they are indirectly financing, and abandoning the Turkish people to the dictatorship of President Erdoğan, they are preparing the foundations for a vast confrontation of which they will themselves be the (...)

The European Union has abandoned those who are defending freedom in Turkey

by Can Dündar

The European Union has abandoned those who are defending freedom in Turkey

Istanbul (Turkey) | 19 March 2016
The editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, Can Dündar, who was recently freed from prison, published the op-ed column in Le Monde that we are reproducing here. He reveals the stakes of the agreement negotiated between the European Union and Turkey – not to have to assume the consequences of the deliberate destabilisation of Syria in exchange for 3 billion Euros per year and ignoring the dictatorship which is currently being set up by Ankara.

Roadmap towards a visa-free regime with Turkey

Roadmap towards a visa-free regime with Turkey

Brussels (Belgium) | 16 March 2016
A. The Dialogue
Within the broader dialogue and cooperation framework between the EU and its Member States and Turkey in Justice and Home Affairs matters, the dialogue between the European Commission and Turkish authorities in view of preparing, fostering and monitoring the visa liberalisation process will be initiated in parallel with the signature of the readmission agreement, and will be based on the present Roadmap.
The Roadmap identifies the areas where Turkey will have to undertake (...)

Next operational steps in EU-Turkey cooperation in the field of migration

Next operational steps in EU-Turkey cooperation in the field of migration

Brussels (Belgium) | 16 March 2016
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL 1. INTRODUCTION
On 7 March 2016, the Heads of State or Government of the European Union and the Prime Minister of Turkey discussed EU-Turkey relations and the progress made in the implementation of the Joint Action Plan.
It was agreed that bold moves were needed to close down people smuggling routes, to break the business model of the smugglers, to protect our external borders and to (...)

Alternative Germany Speaks Up

by Ian Blohm

Alternative Germany Speaks Up

Berlin (Germany) | 12 March 2016
The final results of the local elections in the central German state of Hesse last Sunday were a cold shower for the ruling coalition [15]. The new opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won seats in every municipal council in that state, receiving an unprecedented 16.2% of the vote in Hesse’s capital of Wiesbaden. They even pulled in approximately 12% in cosmopolitan Frankfurt am Main – the largest city in Hesse, where voter turnout was a record low (37.3%).
All in all, the AfD (...)

EU-Turkey statement

EU-Turkey statement

Brussels (Belgium) | 29 November 2015
Today the Leaders of the European Union met in Brussels with their Turkish counterpart. Turkey has been a candidate since 1999 and negotiating for accession since 2005.
Turkey and the EU discussed the importance of overcoming the common challenges ahead. In line with the conclusions of the European Council of 15 October, they agreed that the accession process needs to be re-energized. They are committed to carry further their existing ties and solidarity and adopt result-oriented (...)

Strategic Engineered Migration as Weapon of War

by Leonid Savin

Strategic Engineered Migration as Weapon of War

Moscow (Russia) | 5 November 2015
After reading the title, you may think it is describing the phenomenon that Europe has recently been facing: the hundreds of thousands of refugees, both victims of the hardships of civil wars and opportunists, who are invading the Balkans by land and by sea and then making their way further, trying to reach richer countries like Germany, France and Scandinavia by any means possible.

Who is twitter-luring refugees to Germany?

by Andrey Fomin

Who is twitter-luring refugees to Germany?

Moscow (Russia) | 22 September 2015
This study adds to the preceding. It shows that the current wave of migration to Europe is organized to direct human crowds to Germany.

Refugees: Pawns on Chessboard

by Piotr Iskenderov

Refugees: Pawns on Chessboard

Moscow (Russia) | 20 September 2015
It stands to reason that Brussels does not have any direct political and legal mechanisms to impose a mandatory refugee allocation quota system on Serbia. At the disposal of the European Commission, however —which is currently Germany-centric in every way possible— is an even more sophisticated way to use the territory of Serbia in its own interests: to turn the country into a cesspool for all those illegal immigrants that Germany, Austria and the other ‘civilised’ EU members refuse to accept.

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