A Benedictine abbess who granted refuge to female asylum-seekers in Germany faces trial for refusing to pay a fine. NGOs criticized reductions in social benefits and the grounds for detaining migrants pending deportation, along with the continued use of prisons for immigration detention. Arrivals of asylum-seekers and migrants fell for a fourth year running.
(Credit: Harald Oppitz/KNA via CNS. Nearly 100 vulnerable asylum seekers, including minors, have been transferred from Greece and Cyprus to Germany and Finland, the European Union Asylum Coordination Agency announced on Wednesday (July 29th). EU relocates vulnerable asylum seekers from Greece, Cyprus. Police authorities attributed the overwhelming majority of these attacks to perpetrators with a “right wing motivation.”A package of federal immigration and asylum law changes in June 2019, negatively impacted rights. But as yet, asylum-seekers and their hosts have no legal claim and hence no final security in the matter.“I acted out of Christian spirit,” the 62-year-old abbess said. German authorities recorded more than 1,600 attacks on refugees and asylum-seekers in 2019, Germany's Funke Media Group reported on Friday. Nearly 100 vulnerable asylum seekers including minors have been relocated from Greece and Cyprus to Germany and Finland, the EU’s asylum coordination agenc The government responded to a … By the end of June, 56,628 applications were pending.© 2019 Hannibal Hanschke/ReutersHuman Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 90 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justicePeople stand outside the Jewish cemetery at the synagogue in Halle, Germany October 11, 2019, after two people were killed in an anti-Semitic shooting.Events of 2019 - Part of the EU ChapterThe government disclosed in October that 12,500 “politically-motivated” criminal offences (a category that includes hate crimes) had been committed by members of far-right groups in the first eight months of the year.Attacks on refugees, asylum seekers and those providing them with assistance, remained a matter of concern. “To give concrete help to a person in need can’t be a crime.”Franz Bethauser, the lawyer for Thurmer, has long been hoping for a fundamental clarification of the issue by the justice system in order to give people legal certainty. Catholic News Service; Jul 23, 2020; New Vatican Library website aims to serve scholars, entice curious. Jul 23, 2020; German abbess faces possible landmark trial on church asylum. Germany and Finland receive nearly 100 refugees and migrants, including minors, EU asylum coordination agency says. In the first half of 2019, police recorded 609 attacks on refugees and asylum seekers, 60 attacks on refugee shelters, and 42 attacks against relief organizations and volunteers.