Macron’s firm migrant policy in France tarnishes human touch

It's getting colder and colder, the clock is ticking and regional authorities are scrambling to meet President Emmanuel Macron's deadline: get migrants off France's streets and out of forest hideouts by year's end. That won't likely happen, and Macron's government is now tightening the screws: ramping up expulsions, raising pressure on economic migrants and allowing divisive ID checks in emergency shelters.

Refugee Drags Woman from Tent – Forces Boyfriend to Watch As He Rapes Her in Germany

A refugee from Ghana has been arrested for dragging a young woman from her tent and raping her while she was on a camping holiday with her boyfriend. The young couple were on a camping trip in the Siegaue Nature Reserve, north of the former German capital of Bonn, when they were approached by a machete-wielding man at about 12.30am on Sunday last week.

Springwater Corridor homeless sweep: ‘There is no place to tell them to go’

As many as 100 homeless campers voluntarily left a notorious stretch of the Springwater Corridor on Thursday as Portland's mayor authorized the largest coordinated sweep in a tenure that will be remembered for a swelling homeless crisis but too few shelter beds. Aides for Mayor Charlie Hales declared the first day all but a success.