Fearing an all-out NATO conflict with Russia, Germany may reinstate conscription for all 18-year-olds, according to secret military plans. Two of the three possible options being discussed by military planners call for all males to serve a mandatory military year when they turn eighteen. According to The Sunday Telegraph, authorities are reportedly nearing the endContinue reading “Germany Considers Conscripting All 18-Year-Olds Amid NATO War Fears”
Tag Archives: Migrants
The Moment Albanian People Traffickers Used WhatsApp To Organise 31 Small Boat Crossings For Migrants, Including Children
This is the moment a ‘prolific’ Albanian people trafficker, who used WhatsApp to organise 31 small boat crossings for migrants, including young children, is arrested. Mustaf Cunaj was given a nine-year prison sentence for his role in the smuggling of migrants on inflatable boats for thousands of pounds each. The 41-year-old was part of aContinue reading “The Moment Albanian People Traffickers Used WhatsApp To Organise 31 Small Boat Crossings For Migrants, Including Children”
Moment French Escort Vessel ‘Picks Up Migrant Dinghy Just Two Miles From French Coast
This is the moment a French escort vessel allegedly picked up a migrant dinghy just two miles from the country’s coast before taking them across the Channel to British waters. Videos of the French vessel Minck looking for migrants on Tuesday night surfaced online. Then, at roughly 12.40 on Wednesday morning, it seems to haveContinue reading “Moment French Escort Vessel ‘Picks Up Migrant Dinghy Just Two Miles From French Coast”
Couple ‘Sleeping Rough In Brighton Park’ With Toddler
Police are increasingly concerned for a couple and a toddler who are thought to be sleeping outside in the cold around the Brighton vicinity. A bystander reported seeing a teenage girl sleeping in Queens Park, Brighton on December 6th, with a young male in his late teens or early 20s and a toddler aged aboutContinue reading “Couple ‘Sleeping Rough In Brighton Park’ With Toddler”
Listed For Sale
It was hailed as Britain’s flagship ‘megalab’, a £1.1 billion cutting-edge diagnostic centre to counter COVID-19 and protect the country against future epidemics. Announcing the project in November 2020, then-health secretary Matt Hancock said the laboratory ‘confirms the UK as a world leader in diagnostics’, capable of carrying out 300,000 tests a day. However, threeContinue reading “Listed For Sale”
A Four-Star Spa Hotel That Laid Off ALL Its Staff To Accommodate 241 Asylum Seekers
A four-star spa hotel which is reportedly sacking all its staff and cancelling all events is facing legal action. Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, is said to be accommodating up to 241 asylum seekers across its 77 rooms, under new plans by the Home Office. According to a newspaper outlet, 95 full and part-timeContinue reading “A Four-Star Spa Hotel That Laid Off ALL Its Staff To Accommodate 241 Asylum Seekers”
Smuggling of migrants
The smuggling of migrants is indeed an international problem, with a considerable number of countries impacted by it as origin, transit or destination points. Profit-seeking criminals smuggle migrants across borders and between continents, and assessing the actual size of this crime is a complicated matter, owing to its covert nature and the difficulty of identifyingContinue reading “Smuggling of migrants”
In Just Three Days, More Than 1,000 Migrants Cross The Channel
More than a thousand migrants have travelled the Channel in three days, official figures revealed, showering enormous stress on Rishi Sunak’s vow to end the arrival of small boats. The Home Office said that some 333 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on Sunday. There were 374 people seen on SaturdayContinue reading “In Just Three Days, More Than 1,000 Migrants Cross The Channel”
Falmouth Is Preparing To Refit A Giant Barge That Will House 500 Migrants
A giant barge that will accommodate 500 migrants has anchored in Cornwall, with ministers promising more vessels in the future. The Bibby Stockholm arrived in Falmouth for renovations ahead of going into service next month. It was towed from Italy and will now undergo safety checks as well as being refitted to increase the onboardContinue reading “Falmouth Is Preparing To Refit A Giant Barge That Will House 500 Migrants”
There Will Be A Delay In Retirement For 8.5 Million Workers
Almost nine million workers will be forced to wait longer for their state pension if the Government increases the retirement age to 68 in the mid-2030s. The state pension age is presently set at 66 and is in the process of increasing to 67, and it’s legislated to increase again to 68 between 2044 andContinue reading “There Will Be A Delay In Retirement For 8.5 Million Workers”