The German Chancellor administration is facing growing criticism for Angela Merkel's decision to allow a huge wave of refugees from the Middle East to pour into the country. Dieter Reiter, the Mayor of Munich, the capital and the largest city of the German state of Bavaria, has appealed for help in accommodating migrants: according to Munich authorities, almost 13,000 asylum seekers arrived on Saturday and about 1,300 came on Sunday morning. Reiter has warned the central government Read more [...]

"We have to firmly secure EU's external borders, we have to clearly distinguish economic migrants, accepting whom we cannot afford, from refugees that one needs to help, because they are fleeing death or persecution," he said. Trzaskowski said the third condition was that the Polish government had influence over the verification of those accepted from the point of view of security threats. Refugees queue to board a train from Budapest Keleti railway station to Munich, Germany  Photo: Rex 17.43 Read more [...]

Germany reinstated border controls amid an influx of refugees that has overwhelmed authorities in the southern state of Bavaria and prompted police to ask locals for sleeping mats, blankets and water.The temporary measure, which is focused on the southern border with Austria, became necessary to try and “limit the flood to Germany and return to an orderly process of entering the country,” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday at a press briefing in Berlin. Cross-border transport Read more [...]

BERLIN—Germany will introduce temporary controls on the Austrian border, a security official said Sunday, as Europe’s largest economy struggles to cope with the massive influx of migrants.

Under the European Union’s open border rules, known as the Schengen…

Migrants arrive at the railway station in Munich, southern Germany, during sunset on September 12, 2015. Arriving by the thousands, refugees stream in to the swamped southern German city of Munich, the entry point to their “Eldorado” which officials say is starting to burst from the influx. On Saturday alone “at least 10,000 people” were expected at the train station in the Bavarian capital, said Eva Hinglein, spokesperson for the Upper Bavaria district. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPP GUELLAND MUNICH, Read more [...]

InterAksyon.comThe online news portal of TV5 Berlin, Germany - Munich is at the limit of its capacity to receive refugees arriving en masse in Germany, police warned Sunday, a day after 12,200 asylum-seekers reached the city. Germany's transport minister on Sunday hit out at the "complete failure" of the European Union to protect its external borders, as he called for measures to halt a record migrant influx. "Effective measures Read more [...]

BERLIN - Muslim radicals in Germany are trying to recruit some of the growing numbers of asylum seekers reaching the country, according to intelligence services quoted by the German news agency DPA. The Islamic extremists "are trying to approach the young unaccompanied refugees, who arrive in our country without their families and are particularly looking for contacts and support," a spokesman for the intelligence service in the southern state of Bavaria told DPA. He said many of the youths are approached Read more [...]

Colorful mannequins perched on the roof of a shop in Munich's central station herald the arrival of the city's landmark Oktoberfest at the end of this month, offering a surreal contrast to refugees who have been forced to make their beds along the walls of the railway station's massive hall. The city has received more than 60,000 refugees ever since they started pouring in from Austria and Hungary on August 31. An overwhelming number of migrants – well over 10,000 according to Upper Bavaria's Read more [...]

Arriving by the thousands, refugees stream in to the swamped southern German city of Munich, the entry point to their “El Dorado” which officials say is starting to burst from the influx. On Saturday alone “at least 10,000 people” were expected at the train station in the Bavarian capital, said Eva Hinglein, spokesperson for the Upper Bavaria district. Between midnight and 10:30 am, authorities counted 3,600 migrants. Munich Mayor Dieter Read more [...]

Parents are being warned to be vigilant about posting photos of their children online, as powerful facial recognition is just around the corner.Police and personal identity experts told The Huffington Post Australia during National Child Protection Week that the best case scenario was for parents to stop posting photos of kids online -- or, at least, be very mindful about what is being posted.Photos you post of your children today, can be used against Read more [...]