Day: December 29, 2016

Tunisian man released after Berlin truck attack arrest

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A Tunisian man detained on suspicion of involvement in last week’s Berlin truck attack has been released after investigators determined that he was not in contact with the main suspect immediately before the rampage. The 40-year-old was detained in Berlin on Wednesday. Federal prosecutors said at the time that his telephone number was saved in Anis Amri’s mobile and they suspected he might have been involved. Their spokeswoman Frauke Koehler said on Thursday that investigators had suspected Amri might have sent him a message and a picture over a messenger…

Government breaks silence: “the government refuses the return of the terrorists” Chahed

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The government finally resolved the issue of the return of terrorists from the hotbeds of tension. In an exclusive statement to the National Channel One news, on Thursday (December 29th), Youssef Chahed affirmed that “the government refuses the return of the terrorists. However, those who will get through the cracks will be immediately arrested and brought before the courts to be tried under the Organic Law on the Fight against Terrorism. “We have a nominative list of all the terrorists in the conflict zones,” he said. He added that “all…

Phones seized in Amri raids near Rome

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In two flats near Latina where terror attacker stayed in 2015 According to ANSA, Italian police seized several phones during raids at Campoverde near latina south of Rome Wednesday on two flats where slain Berlin terror attacker Anis Amri stayed in 2015, judicial sources said Thursday. ANSA added the raids were made after investigators uncovered evidence of contacts Amnri had a year ago with a fellow Tunisian resident at Campoverde and currently detained for drug pushing at Velletri near Rome. ANSA underlined that one of the flats was occupied by…

Refugee crisis, the vain search for solidarity

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More people died crossing the Mediterranean to seek better lives in the EU in 2016 than ever before. Despite widespread search and rescue efforts, over 4,600 people perished after leaving from north Africa and Turkey. It is a figure that shames the EU and one that challenges a long-held narrative that Europe is a beacon for its treatment of refugees and respect for human rights. Instead, EU policies on migration, asylum, border control and security have exposed deep political rifts among member states, as the concept of solidarity becomes ever…

National Youth Congress : call for restoration of confidence between youth and state institutions.

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Majdouline Cherni, Minister of Youth and Sport affirmed at the closing of the National Youth Congress held Wednesday morning at the Convention Centre in Tunis, that the opportunity was provided to young people of all ages and different social categories to discuss issues related to their concerns. Cherni added 1,250 youth forums have been organisation recently involving 40,650 youth members of society in various educational and cultural fields, in addition to the participation of 22,000 more people on social networking sites.In this connection, she called for the restoration of confidence…

Half of Tunisian youth considering move to Europe as only way to improve their living conditions

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  Despite the study finding that 75 per cent of young Tunisians are aware of the problems faced by illegal immigrants in Europe, it revealed that 45.2 per cent between the ages of 18 and 34 want to make the journey. Forty-one per cent of respondents said they are aware of Tunisia’s laws on the topic of illegal migration, in particular that emigrating illegally is a criminal act. While 57 per cent of youths in Tunisia call for illegal migration to be decriminalised, arguing that moving to Europe is the…

Record 55,000 migrants left Germany voluntarily this year – more than TWICE the number that were deported

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Data was released by Germany’s Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) Most of the migrants were reported to have gone back to the Western Balkans More than a million migrants entered Germany in 2015  in a record influx The German authorities deported 25,000 people this year, according to report A record 55,000 migrants left Germany voluntarily this year, which is more than twice the figure deported by the authorities.  The data released by the country’s Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), showed that most of the migrants went back to…