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The annual March of Tolerance on Sunday in the Macedonian capital Skopje was dedicated to refugees and calls for tolerance and compassion about their ordeal.
“It’s a problem”, said Ghaled, who urged against victimising his countrymen, saying the attackers “are not Syrians” and that the passport link was simply make-believe.
Witold Waszczykowski made the statements late Sunday on state TV.
But her optimism, reflected in Merkel’s signature phrase that “we will manage it”, is being met with growing skepticism in Germany and overseas, and not just by those on the far right who have long opposed immigration.
In September the White House announced plans to accept an additional 10,000 refugees from Syria, with no congressional approval needed.
Shortly before 9:30 p.m., two attackers set off suicide vests at the stadium, killing themselves and one other person.
The issue of border control was yesterday being debated by European leaders after a Syrian passport was found alongside one of the suicide bombers, suggesting that Isil terrorists are exploiting the refugee crisis and Europe’s freedom of movement rules to get to the continent.
Even if this turns out not be so, the fear that terrorists are hiding amongst refugees will increase and will be used by anti-immigrant politicians.
The fingerprints on that passport matched those of the Stade de France bomber, the French senator told CNN.
Officials in Greece say the passport’s owner entered the country October 3 through Leros, one of the eastern Aegean islands that tens of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty have been using as a gateway into the 28-nation European Union.
In this photo taken on October 11, 2015 police officers stand next to a sign at a rally in support of refugees and asylum seekers in Sydney.
He was allowed through to Hungary because there was no “security alarm” about him, since Interpol has not marked him as suspicious, a report said.
Both sources say his body was found at the Bataclan concert hall, the scene of the worst carnage where 89 people were gunned down.
Germany’s president is striking a defiant tone against terrorism during an annual event honoring those killed by war and violent oppression in the country.
“I would invite those in Europe who try to change the migration agenda we have adopted – I would like to remind them to be serious about this and not to give in to these basic reactions that I do not like”, Juncker said.
“We don’t think that everyone who comes from there is a terrorist, but we don’t know”, Orban said.
He said they will continue with “the painstaking and persistent effort” to ensure the security of Greece and Europe, insisting on complete identification of those arriving.
An extra 1,500 soldiers were mobilised to reinforce police in Paris on Saturday, while European governments held emergency talks to review their security arrangements.
Most of those who enter countries on the so-called Balkan corridor for migrants – Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia – are registered with authorities.
A few say the atrocities in Paris underline the need for tougher measures to control the flow of migrants. Paris’s air strikes were also referenced by the group in a statement claiming responsibility.
Anand Menon, professor of European Politics at King’s College London, said the Islamic State group is attacking at a time when EU unity is already badly frayed by a prolonged financial crisis, Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, and Britain’s attempt to redefine its relationship with the EU ahead of a referendum on whether to abandon the bloc.