Asylum

How Germany’s Taliban Pact Built a Recruiting Ground

Bonn's Taliban-run consulate is now hiring unpaid interns, the direct product of a deportation bargain Berlin struck last year to speed removals back to Kabul.

A Match to a Flame: Reform UK and Immigration

Reform UK’s hardline immigration plan, mass deportations, ECHR exit, and strict border controls, continues to shake British politics.

Germany’s Asylum Drop Threatens Economic Recovery

As Germany's economy stumbles, fewer asylum seekers apply for refuge; a trend that could worsen the very downturn driving them away in the first place.

Greece, Migration, and the Pause: A Temporary Solution or a New Course

Greece halts asylum hearings as migrant crossings from Libya surge, echoing Italy’s offshore model amid EU migration system strain.

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Hollywood Takes Homer and Greece Pushes Back

Christopher Nolan had every right to reinvent Homer, but Greek frustration reveals what is lost when a living cultural inheritance becomes Hollywood spectacle.

Iran and Ukraine’s Wars Are Converging

Caspian strike on Iranian ship and warnings to Europe suggest two wars merge into one conflagration.

The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Normalises Enrichment in the Gulf

The US-Saudi nuclear agreement may be civilian in name, but its enrichment provisions could persuade other Middle Eastern states that nuclear latency is becoming the region's new measure of power.

Greece Keeps Betting on Golden Visa Capital

Greece is preserving its golden visa programme because foreign capital remains valuable to its recovery, even as property investment worsens pressure on housing.

Andy Burnham Plans to Retax British Homes

Burnham weighs a property tax overhaul that could redirect who pays for Britain's homes.