Extremists in Europe & U.S. see gain from barring refugees

A man wrapped in a French flag attends a memorial march in Duesseldorf.

Macedonia, a major entry point for migrants headed from Greece to Western Europe, is preparing to erect a fence along the countries’ shared border if necessary to control migration, the State Security Council said on 16 November. “We are not safe either”, he stressed. The spokesperson also added that precarious conditions in countries of first asylum have also forced many to leave for Europe.

The appeal for information and accompanying photo circulated described the individual as the “dead mastermind” of one of Friday’s attacks on Paris’s Stade de France.

French police’s discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of one attacker in particular has sparked concerns that a few of the assailants might have entered Europe as part of the huge influx of people fleeing Syria’s civil war.

“Omar Harjou, a refugee from Kobani, Syria who now lives in a facility in Solingen, Germany, said, “[Shelter staff] tell us, ‘Don’t worry, nothing will change'”.

All three candidates said that this country should be willing to accept more refugees from Syria – but only if they were “properly vetted”, of course. A source investigating the case told the AFP that the passport belongs to a Syrian soldier who was killed earlier this year.

In Poland, the town of Szamocin, which had defied an anti-migrant mood across the country and called on Syrian refugees to settle there, has now retracted the invitation. Of course I’m anxious. What’s more, a majority of Syrian refugees are under the age of 17, including almost 40 percent who are younger than 12 years old.

Battening down the hatches is often an impulsive and politically expedient response to terrorism attacks.

“Islamist fundamentalism must be annihilated, France must ban Islamist organizations, close radical mosques and expel foreigners who preach hatred in our country as well as illegal migrants who have nothing to do here”, Le Pen said, according to Reuters. On behalf of Iowans, I stand with the people of France.

But he conceded that he was “a little bit” afraid that attitudes could change.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a letter to Obama, “Neither you nor any federal official can guarantee that Syrian refugees will not be part of any terroristic activity. It doesn’t matter where they come from”.

“These attacks can not remain unpunished”, the man said, speaking in French.

But Germany’s interior minister urged the public and politicians to be mindful of the large number of attacks on asylum seekers and shelters.

The anxiety was also palpable on social media among asylum seekers in Europe. Several governors announced that their states would not accept Syrian refugees.

“Curse the guy who blew himself up…” Did he have to take his passport with him? On many other issues that did not involve criticizing European Union leaders, they were unable to find much consensus – although the countries’ coast guards are now supposed to work in tandem more in the future. “The situation will get harder for us here for sure”.

Hundreds of Europeans have gone to Syria and Iraq to train as jihadis, and don’t have too hard a time coming back to Europe through more conventional means (like getting on a plane).

People fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa were body searched and had their belongings scanned on Monday.

“It’s not that we don’t want to, it’s that we can’t”, Rubio said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”. “Bombs are just falling like rain”. “This I think is not going to influence our trip in any way”.