UK: Invasion continues as over 1600 illegals
arrive in 27 small boats in a week
Keir Starmer campaigned on controlling the UK migration crisis. When he became prime minister in July, he further grandstanded, stating that in the transition from the government of his predecessor Rishi Sunak to his own, the UK had moved from “a government of gimmicks to a government of pragmatism.” That was in the context of more pledges to deal with “the small boat crisis.” He also met with Italian populist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, complimenting her by stating that “her efforts had led to ‘dramatic reductions’ of boat arrivals – around 60% – and he ‘wanted to understand how that came about.'”
Yet Starmer has done nothing to stop the invasion of the UK via the English Channel. In a single week (the last week ending November 11), the UK has seen 1,628 arrivals in 27 small boats operated by people smugglers. Starmer has had months to put an end to the practice of people smuggling, but instead his government continues to string the public along.
Starmer’s government issued this statement last month:
“We all want to end dangerous small boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security. The people-smuggling gangs do not care if the vulnerable people they exploit live or die, as long as they pay.”
Starmer announced an additional £75 million for his scheme to “smash the gangs” operating the people smuggling trade on both sides of the Channel.
Despite his reassurances, nothing will likely be done, except that British citizens will continue to foot the bill. While many UK military families have no heat or hot water, the government continues to host illegal migrants in plush hotels, at a cost to taxpayers of $8.5 million USD a day and rising. And now, homelessness is up over 25% in Britain. National security issues are another grave matter.
Small boat arrivals: last 7 days
Gov.UK, November 12, 2024
These statistics are taken from provisional operational data and are subject to change. The small boat arrivals figures may differ from figures published in the final official statistics on Irregular migration to the UK, which will have undergone a more thorough quality assurance process.
The quarterly Irregular migration to the UK statistical release presents final and authoritative statistics on small boat arrivals….
I seem to be unable to get the three days previous to Nov 7th.
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Germany: Muslim teen plotted vehicular
jihad massacre at Christmas market
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
Elmshorn: 17-year-old planned truck attack on Christmas market
translated from “17-Jähriger plante Lkw-Anschlag auf Weihnachtsmarkt,” by Jan-Henrik Dobers, Bild, November 11, 2024 (thanks to Medforth):
Elmshorn – Investigators from the State Criminal Police Office may have prevented a catastrophe in Schleswig-Holstein!
On Wednesday evening (November 6), state security investigators in Elmshorn (Schleswig-Holstein) arrested a 17-year-old who is said to have planned a terrorist attack.
According to BILD information, the German-Turk wanted to deliberately kill people with a truck at a Christmas market, as can be seen from intercepted conversations and read communications. According to BILD information, the investigators assume an Islamist background.
The tip about the planner of the attack, which came from an American intelligence service, first landed at the Federal Criminal Police Office in spring 2024 and was then followed up by investigators in Schleswig-Holstein. In March, the Flensburg public prosecutor’s office took over the case. Now the access.
Senior public prosecutor Bernd Winterfeldt told BILD: “I can confirm that we are investigating on suspicion of preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state and of conspiring to commit a crime, namely murder. An arrest warrant has been issued against a 17-year-old suspect.”
He is now in Schleswig Prison.
“The security authorities have done a good job and have apparently prevented a possible attack,” said Schleswig-Holstein’s Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack (CDU) with relief. “I would like to thank all colleagues involved for this. We must always be vigilant.”
Dutch king says Amsterdam unrest is
personally upsetting, as city lifts protest ban
The unrest in Amsterdam last week was a painful event to watch, said Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Thursday after visiting the Oslo City Hall in Norway. "Of course it affects me deeply, and it hurts me to see what is happening in the streets of Amsterdam, and that people are really struggling with fundamental problems." He spoke about the situation in the Dutch capital as Amsterdam cautiously lifted its ban on demonstrations there.
Last week, the king shared in a message on social media that he had spoken to Israeli President Herzog about the riots in Amsterdam that started after the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match last Thursday, and continued into early Friday morning. He said he was "shocked" by the violence against Israeli supporters who were in the Netherlands for the Europa League match.
"We must not look away from antisemitic behaviour on our streets. History has taught us how intimidation goes from bad to worse, with horrific consequences. Jewish people must feel safe in the Netherlands, everywhere and at all times. We embrace them all and hold them close," Willem-Alexander said at the time on social media.
According to the Israeli president's office, during their conversation the king condemned the events and expressed his "horror and shock" at the violence. “We failed the Jewish community of the Netherlands during World War II, and last night we failed again," Willem-Alexander said, according to Herzog's office. The Cabinet's press office confirmed the call took place, but not the content of the conversation.
Earlier, the Palestinian Network Netherlands (PNN) also asked the king and Prime Minister Dick Schoof to speak out against all forms of racism and violence, "including anti-Semitism, anti-Palestinian racism and violence, and any other form of racism and violence".
Meanwhile, people are now allowed to demonstrate in Amsterdam again even though the city will remain a safety risk area until noon on Monday, with police given permission to do preventive searches. The decision was made jointly by the city’s mayor, and the local heads of the police and Public Prosecution Service.
The emergency order implemented in the city last Friday, including the general ban on demonstrations, is “no longer acceptable or legally tenable,” Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema wrote in a letter to the City Council. There are also concerns that police resources are being stretched thin in order to enforce the protest ban.
Demonstrations without exemption have therefore been possible again from noon on Thursday, although the city officials still fear disorder. The municipality assesses registered demonstrations and can attach additional conditions or, in extreme cases, ban them.
The three city officials will decide on Monday morning whether the other measures concerning the safety risk area and preventive searches need to be extended.
The municipality imposed an emergency ordinance on Friday evening after disturbances surrounding the Ajax - Maccabi Tel Aviv match that banned demonstrations throughout the city. The emergency decree applied until Monday morning but was then extended for three days.
Despite the ban on demonstrations, people took to the streets several times. On Wednesday evening, several hundred pro-Palestinian activists gathered again on Dam Square in Amsterdam. A total of 281 people were arrested.
Are you aware of any terrorism gangs in the Netherlands other than Islamist? I'm not! But the media and government are very reluctant to suggest that the threats are Islamic.
More secondary schools threatened with shootings; This time in Nijmegen, Wijchen
Several secondary schools in Nijmegen and Wijchen have been threatened with school shootings. Posts are circulating on social media announcing an attack. The police are investigating, but the schools remain open as usual. The schools expect the threats to be “copycat behavior” after Amsterdam schools received similar threats on Tuesday evening, De Gelderlander reports.
One post shows a photo of a gun with extra bullets and the text “Tomorrow is NIjmegen’s turn.” It lists the schools Mondial College, Pro College, and Yuverta in Nijmegen and Wijchen. A second post shows a hand holding a gun and threatens Pro College specifically. There are also posts circulating about Maaswaal College in Wijchen.
According to the Gelderlander, one of the photos used in the threats seems to come from a 2020 Reddit post and doesn’t seem to have been taken in the Netherlands.
Pro College and Mondial College both informed parents about the threats. Mondial College stressed that the police found “no direct threat to our school and that the situation is being closely monitored.” Pro College said the threats were likely “copycat behavior” after Amsterdam schools received similar threats earlier this week.
Pro College wrote that it would understand if parents or guardians decide to keep their kids at home as a precaution. “We want to emphasize that the safety at school has not been compromised.” Lessons are continuing as usual.
The affected Amsterdam schools also remained open on Wednesday. “A number of schools in the city have received threats via various social media,” said Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam Rector Wendelien Hoedemaker in an email sent to parents, and seen by NL Times. The letter stated that the secondary school was one of those named in threats, but added that the mayor, police, and prosecutors in the Netherlands did not see a reason to close the schools on Wednesday.
“The police are investigating the origin of the messages and are patrolling the schools involved.”
281 arrested at banned protest on Amsterdam's
Dam Square; Footage of police brutality
The police arrested 281 people at a banned Palestine-support protest on Dam Square in Amsterdam on Wednesday evening. Videos are circulating on social media showing riot police officers shouting at released protesters and beating them with batons. The police are investigating the footage.
“Videos are circulating on social media showing members of the riot police taking action against protests who have just been thrown out of a bus in the Westelijke Havengebied,” the police said in a statement. “The exact reason for the riot police’s actions in this specific video clip is being investigated.”
An emergency decree in effect in the city since riots after an Ajax vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv match last week Thursday banned demonstrations on Dam Square. The city offered the protesters an alternative location in Westerpark, but they started gathering in the heart of the city at around 6:00 p.m.
So, the city offered an alternative location for an illegal demonstration? Good grief! No wonder there are problems in Amsterdam.
The police intervened and put an end to the protest, arresting 281 people. The vast majority, 265 people, were arrested for ignoring police instructions to leave. They were transported by bus to the Westelijke Havengebied. It was when they were put off there that someone recorded riot police officers beating protesters with batons.
The problem is that the 265 people were probably released later last night without charges and without conequences fro breaking the law.
Eight people were arrested for having objects in their possession that could cause injury or disrupt public order. Four were arrested for insult, one for public violence, one for vandalism, one for rowdiness, and one for deliberately not complying with a police order.
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