Turkish police on Tuesday detained at least 20 people in a nationwide operation aimed at cracking down on the trafficking of migrants seeking to reach the European Union, reports said.
Shocked German officials on Sunday condemned two ‘disgusting’ incidents involving anti-migrant mobs in the ex-communist east of the country, including a crowd cheering a blaze at a planned refugee shelter.
Germany’s anti-Islam Pegida movement staged rallies in several cities across Europe yesterday to protest the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.