Nearly 1,900 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats last year, prompting warnings from politicians that they would be sent back. But the figures suggest the reality is quite different. On 22 August last year, 94 people – including at least 10 children and one baby – piled into eight small boats on a… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 8
Tag: Political Islam
Political Islam Part 14
Thomas Sowell estimates that 11 million slaves were shipped across the Atlantic and 14 million were sent to the Islamic nations of North Africa and the Middle East. For every slave captured many others died, estimates of this collateral damage vary. The renowned missionary David Livingstone estimated that for every slave who reached a plantation,… Continue reading Political Islam Part 14
Migrants from France Part 7
There have been cases where the migrants have reached halfway, often in flimsy dinghies, before calling the British coastguards so they can be rescued and brought to the UK. “If Border force cutters are to continue to be deployed, is it not logical that they should operate in French waters and having made an interception… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 7
Political Islam Part 13b
Disturbingly, the number of Western-born Muslim jihadists is sharply increasing. The United Nations estimated in November 2014 that some 15,000 foreign fighters from at least eighty nations have traveled to Syria to join the radical jihadists. Roughly a quarter of them come from Western Europe. Yet the advance of political Islam manifests itself not only… Continue reading Political Islam Part 13b
Migrants from France Part 6
British cutters should patrol the Channel in French waters and return all migrants back to France before they get anywhere near Britain, say two former heads of the Home Office’s immigration service. The two former top officials say the current approach where the Border Force cutters bring the migrants back to Britain after they reach… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 6
Migrants from France Part 5
Thousands of migrants living in desperate conditions on the French coastline while they wait to cross to the UK are at high risk from coronavirus, a charity has said. Why don’t they go home then? Up to 1,000 refugees are living in Calais alone, with many seeking to try the dangerous crossing despite repeated safety… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 5
Political Islam Part 12
Of the last sixteen years, the worst year for terrorism was 2014, with ninety-three countries experiencing attacks and 32,765 people killed. The second worst was 2015, with 29,376 deaths. Last year, four radical Islamic groups were responsible for 74 percent of all deaths from terrorism: the Islamic State (also known as ISIS), Boko Haram, the… Continue reading Political Islam Part 12
Political Islam Part 11
Since 9/11, at least $1.7 trillion has been spent on combat and reconstruction costs in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The total budgetary cost of the wars and homeland security from 2001 through 2016 is more than $3.6 trillion. Yet in spite of the sacrifices of more than 5,000 armed service personnel who have lost… Continue reading Political Islam Part 11
Migrants from France Part 4
Sixty-three migrants were brought to Dover after trying to cross the English Channel in four dinghies. Three boats were met by Border Force and a fourth was intercepted by French authorities. A fifth boat, carrying nine people, was rescued and returned to France after being spotted by a cross-Channel ferry in the entrance to the… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 4
Political Islam Part 10
The conflict between the United States and political Islam in modern times dates back to at least 1979, when the US embassy in Tehran was seized by Islamic revolutionaries and fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days. In the decades that followed, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1998 embassy bombings in… Continue reading Political Islam Part 10