Last week I reported here at PJ Media on the growing mountain of evidence showing that the European migration crisis is causing flashpoints across the continent. I noted two dozen incidents from the previous seven days revealing the scope of the problem.
Fast-forward a week later and now all indications are that Europe’s domestic insurgency fueled by the massive waves of migrants flooding into EU countries continues to escalate.
264,513 migrants incl refugees arrived by sea to Europe
3,151 dead/missing https://t.co/Dc8umzcLLs #MigrationEurope pic.twitter.com/wmQiS3q1nG— IOM (@IOM_news) August 13, 2016
My August 3 report here at PJ Media looked at data from the Pew Research Center showing that military-age men represented the bulk of so-called refugees to Europe in 2015. It took nearly a week after my report for the establishment media to pick up on the ramifications of the recently released Pew data:
Megan McArdle: Europe’s wave of migration brought too many men. Or too few women https://t.co/ruKbiZoIlp pic.twitter.com/C2Up4U25yS
— Bloomberg View (@BV) August 10, 2016
Europe’s migration crisis remains in the news as migrants and refugees continue to flood the continent:
Migrant routes a year on: Before and after on the migrant trail through Europe https://t.co/wAD1mqCK6F pic.twitter.com/fZRi7js55x — Reuters Pictures (@reuterspictures) August 12, 2016
And as this recounting of incidents from the past week shows, wishful thinking by the European political and media elites is not resolving the problem:
France: Corsica tense after clashes between North Africans and locals over burkini pics
UK: Is missing Bradford schoolboy now a jihadist fighter?
Germany: Officials in Hamburg monitoring ‘sharia police’ patrolling city after wave of refugees
Holland: Iraqi man hacks fingers of neighbor off with machete after dispute
Scotland: How Pakistan inspired Glasgow shopkeeper killer after perceived insult to Mohammad
Scotland: Supporters shout “praise for the prophet Muhammad as Muslim ‘blasphemy’ killer is sentenced
Denmark: Iranian asylum seeker threatens bombing of refugee center where he was staying
UK: British man convicted of making offensive comments about Muslims on Facebook
France: Police warn jihadi terrorists could be hiding in Britain-bound refugees in Calais
Greece: Yazidis targeted for genocide by ISIS being persecuted in refugee camps
Sweden: Somali migrant who stabbed asylum worker to death sentenced to psychiatric care
Italy: Milan overrun by ‘invasion’ of thousands of immigrants
Germany: Police arrest Syrian refugee after tip he was planning ‘Islamist-inspired attack’
Belgium: Manhunt for jihadi teen who called for extermination of Christians
Switzerland: Rise in number of child victims of forced marriage
Hungary: 3000 extra police dispatched to help protect border
UK: Home Office guidelines say Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members qualify for asylum
France: Teen cleared of being ‘third man’ in Charlie Hebdo attack arrested for trying to join ISIS
Holland: Two Turkish men assaulted by Erdogan supporters in Amsterdam
UK: London schoolgirl turned ‘jihadi bride’ killed in Syrian airstrike
Austria: Authorities see rise in attacks by asylum seekers
Italy: Tunisian national deported after planning bombing attack on Leaning Tower of Pisa
France: Terrifying moment Calais migrants ambush British van driver with metal bars
Germany: Video of migrants clashing with police in Berlin goes viral
Sweden: Summer inferno of sexual assaults, almost all coming from Afghanistan, Eritrean and Somali refugees
Belgium: Police arrest three new terror suspects during raids in Brussels
Germany: Intelligence warns of ISIS hit squads among refugees
Sweden: Eight immigrants convicted of murder in restaurant attack, tried to kill 25
Italy: Pro-migrant group calls off rally after weapons found on protesters
France: Malian expelled on suspected jihadist links, 81 such expulsions since 2012
Needless to say, Europeans aren’t taking comfort in assurances by their politicians that the problem is being handled:
Poll: Many Europeans worry about refugee terrorists https://t.co/VOxBsU0qLF pic.twitter.com/jyxuK8LCux — dwnews (@dwnews) August 12, 2016
And all indications are that the waves of migrants landing on European shores are not abating, but in fact escalating over last year:
Smugglers in northern Greece are expecting a profitable summer, with more sophisticated methods for moving refugees. https://t.co/uKAA5HwPCS — The Associated Press (@AP) August 7, 2016
Think Europe’s refugee crisis improved since last year? It hasn’t: More arriving; more dying https://t.co/KqMf0UllyT pic.twitter.com/gZGWOwg7Pg — Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) August 11, 2016
Number of migrants arriving in Italy rises 12% in July – EU agency https://t.co/gN0P39yVJ8 via @EUractiv #EUpol pic.twitter.com/llbT2dGRlz — EUwatch (@EUWatchers) August 12, 2016
Hungary and Sweden received 1800 and 1667 refugees per 100’000 inhabitants in 2015; UK and Spain received 60 and 32 https://t.co/SlTzPt5z5N — Alexandre Afonso (@alexandreafonso) August 12, 2016
https://t.co/oJNEGBeplQ immigrants found in Switzerland–22,181–increased from 13,213 last year. Most of these people came from Eritrea — ESMNS ITALIA (@ESMNSITALIA) August 12, 2016
Sadly, covering the escalation of Europe’s domestic insurgency will undoubtedly become a recurring feature here at PJ Media.
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