Tag: Europe
Canadian warship part of NATO flotilla targeting deadly refugee smuggling in Aegean
Three NATO warships – including a Canadian frigate – are being deployed to the eastern Aegean Sea as part of a new effort to break what Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan […]
Refugee numbers continue to climb in Europe
The first five weeks of 2016 have seen a staggering increase in refugees arriving to Europe by sea.Last year set a record for the numbers, and it’s likely that record […]
Anti-Islam group stages protests across Europe, clashes with police
Protesters rallied against Islam and immigration in several European cities Saturday, sometimes clashing with police or counter-demonstrators amid growing tensions over the massive influx of asylum-seekers to the continent. Riot […]
European human rights court backs France’s Islamic headscarf ban
PARIS – Europe’s top human rights court is upholding France’s headscarf ban in the case of a Muslim social worker who lost her hospital job because she would not remove […]