Month: June 2026

The European Union famously accepted millions of refugees from other countries at war, the majority of which were military-aged males. Now, those protections will be ending for Ukrainian males who are fleeing conscription in Ukraine.

Magnus Brunner, EU commissioner for internal affairs and migration, announced that the European Commission proposes to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians until March 4, 2028, with the exception of people fleeing military service in Ukraine.

“To ensure this, temporary protection is not to be granted as a rule to newly arriving persons, who are not authorized by the Ukrainian authorities to leave Ukraine in view of their military obligations,”  said Brunner. “This is what Ukraine has asked us to do, and this is what we are doing.”

He added that the European Commission’s proposal “takes into account Ukraine’s changing defense and reconstruction needs.”

Already, hundreds of thousands of young Ukrainian males have died at the front or been seriously wounded. However, Europe seems increasingly dedicated to funneling even more Ukrainian youth to the frontlines.

While the Ukrainian males already under protection will not have their protection dropped, military-aged males who arrive in the EU in the future will not be granted asylum rights.

At the same time, Denmark announced yesterday it will be the first country to no longer provide temporary protection to Ukrainian male refugees aged 23 to 60. The portal reminds that under Ukrainian law, men of this age do not have the right to leave the country without a valid reason.

Other Ukrainian groups, such as women, will continue to receive active refugee protections – a clear gender double-standard from the EU.

“Today we are presenting a proposal to extend temporary protection for another year – until March 4, 2028,” the commissioner announced.

George Soros predicted all of this

As Remix News previously reported, there was one man who predicted much of what has come to pass in the battle in the east of Europe: George Soros.

The billionaire oligarch financier, often portrayed as a humanist, promoted a hard-nosed geopolitical strategy in his 1993 piece entitled “Toward a New World Order: The Future of NATO.” In the piece, he outlines how Eastern Europeans could be used as the “manpower” in coming conflicts in an effort to reduce the number of deaths in Western countries, which Soros argues the West would not politically tolerate, unlike the east of Europe.

“The United States would not be called upon to act as the policeman of the world. When it acts, it would act in conjunction with others. Incidentally, the combination of manpower from Eastern Europe with the technical capabilities of NATO would greatly enhance the military potential of the Partnership because it would reduce the risk of body bags for NATO countries, which is the main constraint on their willingness to act. This is a viable alternative to the looming world disorder,” wrote Soros in the article.

Notably, the body bags have piled up in Ukraine to an enormous degree, yet Europe’s chickenhawks want more men sent to the front. The EU’s latest decision to suspend asylum for Ukrainian males means all their talk of “protecting war refugees” turned out to be rather hollow. Cynically, the fact that these refugees are Europeans may play a large role in their decision, since the EU has never rejected asylum protection from those fleeing war for any other ethnic group.

Even to this day with the war over in Syria, European left-wing parties are racing to naturalize these migrants instead of sending them home to rebuild their countries. During the height of the war with Assad, there was also never serious effort to send Syrians back to fight him, either.

The demographic situation in Ukraine is dire. It features the lowest birth rate and the highest mortality rate of any nation in the world. The EU appears to be in no mood to slow down this demographic disaster.

Even if the war ends, it remains unclear how many Ukrainian refugees will return to their country. Many of Ukraine’s women have already settled down in Western countries and even found new partners while Ukraine’s young males have been sent to die in waves in the east. Now, it remains unclear whether Ukraine’s population will ever recover, even in the most optimistic scenarios, following the war.

The EU and the business oligarchy running Ukraine also have a plan for that: import the Third World.

Not only are Ukrainians being forced to fight a war many of them no longer want to fight, but once they die, their country could very well be given away to Africans, Asians and Middle Easterners.

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The left-wing Labour Party government will introduce a scheme to import fresh waves of supposed asylum seekers into Britain, modelled on the programme which brought hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to the United Kingdom.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who was pitched to the public as an immigration hardliner when she was installed as the government’s top border official last year, is set to implement a new asylum route in which businesses, community organisations, and universities will be allowed to sponsor supposed refugees to come to the country, according to the BBC.

The Times of London, which broke the story, reported that the programme will be based on the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, which brought upwards of 200,000 displaced Ukrainians to the UK following the Russian invasion of their homeland in 2022.

The plan is being presented as a means of reducing the number of illegals who cross the English Channel on people smuggler small boats by offering prospective illegals “safe” and legal routes to enter the country.

It remains to be seen if the long-proposed leftist solution to the crisis will be effective, with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer overseeing the largest number of illegal Channel crossings of any leader in recorded history.

The pitch for the scheme also comes amid questions over the future of Home Secretary Mahmood, with rumours swirling around Westminster that the likely future PM, Andy Burnham, may sack her over anger within the Labour Party over some of her immigration reforms, which have included setting a time limit on refugee status and increasing the number of years in the country needed to gain permanent residency from five to ten years.

Commenting on her new scheme, Mahmood said it would focus on protecting “genuine refugees” while “closing loopholes that have been too often abused”.

“Britain has always offered sanctuary to those  fleeing war and persecution,” Mahmood said. “But this system only survives if the public trusts that it is fair,  controlled, and not open to abuse.”

However, others were not convinced that Britain is in a position to continue taking in more migrants, given the influx of millions of foreigners since the start of the decade.

Conservative MP Katie Lam remarked: “So Shabana’s plan to stop illegal migration is…to just let everybody in? This mad plan will let ‘community groups’ sponsor migrants, meaning more chain migration – and if people can’t get in legally, they’ll cross the Channel anyway.”

“They’ll do anything but secure the border,” she said.

Meanwhile, there are reports that if given power, former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham would scrap the limited restrictions imposed by Mahmood, including the additional time required to receive residency and access to Britain’s generous welfare state.

Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf warned that such a repeal would result in 2.2 million migrants being granted residence permits over the next few years and potentially putting the British taxpayer on the hook for £622 billion in handouts over the coming decades.

Yusuf has vowed to eliminate the Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) residency permits and replace them with an American-style five-year work visa system. The Nigel Farage-led party would also rescind residency for those dependent on the state, including those living in accommodations paid for by the British government.

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Volkswagen is preparing what could be the most radical restructuring in its history, with CEO Oliver Blume reportedly planning to cut up to 100,000 jobs worldwide and close four German factories.

The proposals discussed at a recent management board meeting include shutting down production at the VW plants in Hanover, Zwickau and Emden, as well as Audi’s plant in Neckarsulm.

The plans would roughly double the previously announced target of around 50,000 job reductions, already called historic at the time due to its impact.

Volkswagen further aims to cut its planned investments by about 15 per cent to just over €130 billion over the next five years, according to Manager Magazin.

As part of the overhaul, the core Volkswagen passenger car brand is to be spun off from Volkswagen AG and turned into a legally independent company, separate from Porsche, Audi and the rest of the group.

The move is intended to make the brand more agile, simplify its structure and allow individual brands to be listed or sold more easily on the capital market in the future.

The measures are expected to be discussed by the supervisory board on July 9. While final decisions could still be watered down due to strong union representation, the scale of the proposed overhaul signals the depth of the problems facing Europe’s largest carmaker.

A Volkswagen spokesperson said he did not want to comment on “confidential documents”, but did say that “The entire group, including its brands and subsidiaries, must undergo far-reaching change.”

Volkswagen has been struggling for some time. In 2025 the group saw profits collapse by nearly 44–50 per cent amid weak demand, particularly for electric vehicles, intense competition from Chinese manufacturers, and high production costs in Germany.

Sales in China, once a major profit driver, have declined sharply, while the costly transition to EVs has not delivered the expected returns.

Adding to this, Chinese automakers are now encroaching the European market, reducing the share of traditional players such as Volkswagen.

The company has also faced pressure from US tariffs and a difficult European market.

These challenges have forced repeated rounds of cost-cutting.

Earlier plans to shed 35,000–50,000 jobs by 2030 are now considered insufficient.

VW’s core brand has been particularly hard hit, with persistent overcapacity in its German factories and margins under severe pressure.

The potential closure of four German plants would mark a historic turning point for Volkswagen, a company that has never before shut down a factory in its home country.

The affected sites employ tens of thousands of workers, and any closures would hit regions already sensitive to industrial decline.

Trade union IG Metall and the works council have reacted strongly, describing the plans as “irresponsible” and vowing stiff resistance.

Job security at Volkswagen has long been a cornerstone of the German social model, making this restructuring politically explosive.

Currently, Volkswagen employs over 667,000 people worldwide, 43 per cent of them in Germany.

Volkswagen’s difficulties are widely seen as symptomatic of deeper challenges facing German industry.

The latest proposals come as Germany’s automotive sector faces broader structural problems such as high energy costs, regulatory burdens from EU climate rules, and fierce global competition.

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Polish nationals migrants are being urged by their own Government to apply for benefits in Britain before moving back home.

Warsaw has published guidance on its Powroty website, which supports citizens planning to return from overseas, highlighting that British welfare payments are higher than those available in Poland.

The official advice says: “When leaving the UK, it is worth considering whether you are eligible for Jobseeker’s Allowance.

“The UK unemployment benefit is higher than the equivalent benefit paid in Poland.

“It’s important to apply for it before leaving. Once you return to Poland, you won’t be able to start the benefits process.”

The website also gives detailed instructions on how to claim and transfer the payments.

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately blasted the situation, saying Britain’s welfare system has turned the country into an international “laughing stock”.

“Britain has become world-renowned for our soft-touch benefits handouts,” she told the Telegraph.

“When other nations are advising their own citizens on how to game benefits in the UK, it is clear how desperately broken our system has become.”

Under post-Brexit arrangements, EU citizens who secured settled status before December 2020 remain entitled to claim benefits for up to three months after moving to an EU member state.

It means individuals could receive hundreds of pounds from British taxpayers despite no longer seeking work in the UK.

A Government spokesman said: “The Withdrawal Agreement is a reciprocal arrangement negotiated by the previous Government, and it is not a mechanism to maximise claims on British taxpayers.

“As few as 10 people currently claim Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) outside the UK, according to official statistics.

“They can only receive it for three months at most and must have settled status pre-2020, have made sufficient National Insurance contributions and meet other eligibility requirements.”

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Polish Government said: “Individual decisions to migrate back to Poland are based on grounds other than the possibility to receive a jobseeker’s allowance, including the one available under the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement to the eligible EU citizens who have lawfully paid insurance contributions during employment.”

The economic balance between Britain and Poland has shifted markedly in recent years.

Poland’s economy ranks among Europe’s strongest, with projected growth of 3.5 per cent this year compared to Britain’s 1.3 per cent.

Migration patterns have also reversed sharply since Brexit.

The Polish population in Britain surged from 94,000 in 2004 to nearly one million by 2016, but numbers have since declined.

Meanwhile, British emigration to Poland increased by 340 per cent between 2015 and 2024.

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by Noel S. Williams 

Common sense dictates that men don’t belong in women’s sports. Similarly, women don’t belong in men’s sports, especially as the most important person on the pitch — the referee.

I guess FIFA (soccer’s world governing body) has no common sense.

Yesterday, in a match between Ecuador and Germany, a female referee unfairly rewarded (not deservedly awarded) Germany with a goal that should not have stood. The overwhelming consensus is that a German player committed a foul in the lead-up to the goal. The female ref missed the obvious infraction.

Controversial decisions and every goal are reviewed by Video Assistant Referees. They stood by their woman. Perhaps their decision was tainted with chivalry rather than officiating consistency. Regardless, it was a horrendous call initiated by the female ref and then countenanced by overly deferential VAR refs.

The ref and her female-empowering coterie should woman-up and take responsibility. Rather, the DEI police are out in force as they emphasize VAR’s role in letting her call stand, while downplaying the awful initial call by the little lady in the middle. I bet a male ref with similar optical illusions would be castigated, but the standards for women are much lower.

We don’t want men in women’s sports, so what is the purpose of letting a woman participate in men’s soccer, anyway? And in the most important “position” of all? Besides her confounding decision-making, she offered no value above or beyond what a below-average male referee would contribute. In fact, in this match, she seemed to be touchy-feely, and that’s the last thing we want in this increasingly “delicate” sport. Motherly instincts belong in the home, not in the soccer cauldron.

The main commentator for the match was Ian Darke, who is eminently listenable for a Brit. However, his sidekick analyst was Landon Donovan, an ex-player. When, at the end of the match, Darke broached the sensitive subject of the female refs’ performance, Donovan’s reflexive response was incongruous with reality — he said it was really good. Huh?! Then he said, “I really mean it”; then I knew that he really didn’t mean it, but was probably following pre-production meeting orders to treat her delicately. What a wussy-whipped wanker.

At a men’s World Cup soccer match, women belong on the sidelines, preferably as cheerleaders or fetching refreshments.

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Yesterday, Remix News reported that a 10-year-old boy has been charged with the stabbing and attempted rape of a 22-year-old woman in the French city of Saint-Brieuc.

However, updated reporting reveals that investigators believe he is at least 14 years old. Additionally, while his nationality was not previously provided, it was also revealed that he is a Congolese migrant who has been in France for approximately a year.

The incident began when a young woman was exercising in a wooded area of Saint-Brieuc on June 15. Public Prosecutor Julien Wattebled stated that “a male individual approached her and ordered her to undress, which she refused to do.”

The Congolese migrant then stabbed her twice, once in the arm and once in the abdomen, before fleeing, according to French news outlet Le Figaro.

Although first presented to the public as a mere schoolboy, the Saint-Brieuc public prosecutor’s office was suspicoius about the boy’s age, including based on identity documents that were presented. The prosecutor, Julien Wattebled, ordered bone morphology tests, which revealed he was at least 14 years old.

This difference could profoundly influence how the case is tried legally, as those younger than 13 cannot be subject to a criminal sanction or detention, while a minor aged 13 or older can, under certain conditions, be placed in pre-trial detention and face prison sentences.

If this new age is confirmed and retained by the courts, the investigating judge could refer the matter to the liberty and detention judge.

The Congolese migrant is not the only young person arrested for rape in France in recent days. In Villeurbanne, on June 17, in Feyssine Park, a 14-year-old male forcibly dragged a young woman into the bushes and then attempted to rape her. The woman began screaming, which scared off the perpetrator.

He was arrested shortly after the incident, resisted, and injured a police officer. He was initially placed in custody, but later released under judicial supervision, according to Ouest France.

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The Archdiocese of Florence has launched a housing project for young adults who identify as LGBT that is funded through Italy’s tax allocation to the Catholic Church.

On June 19, the Archdiocese of Florence’s Caritas group announced the launch of “Progetto Andrea,” an initiative developed in partnership with LGBT advocacy group “Arcigay” Florence that includes “Casa Andrea,” a residential facility for LGBT-identifying young adults. According to the announcement, the project is financed through Italy’s “8 per 1,000,” namely the national tax allocation to the Catholic Church, and will provide housing as well as personalized support services for people between the ages of 18 and 35.

“Our aim is to offer dialogue, listening and concrete support so that LGBT young people can build their own life path peacefully, avoiding isolation and discrimination,” Father Andrea Bigalli said in describing the initiative, according to the project’s presentation.

“We are very proud to have opened ‘Casa Andrea’ and the services connected with it,” Marzio Mori, director of Florence’s Caritas, said.

The housing program is intended to provide temporary accommodation ranging from a few days to a maximum of 18 months. Caritas states that every resident will receive individual support from a qualified operator through a personalized program designed to “promote independence and rebuild social relationships.”

The project also includes a psychological counselling service for LGBT young adults and their parents. According to the organizers, trained professionals will provide appointments for individuals, including those undergoing so-called “gender affirmation processes.”

“The Diocese of Florence is among the first in Italy to promote a place of this kind, where young people can pursue their own life project away from discrimination that is still too widespread, accompanied by a community called to live fraternity,” Mori continued.

Italian journalist Nico Spuntoni, writing for Il Giornale, highlighted that the initiative is financed through the Catholic Church’s share of the “8 per 1,000” tax system and linked the project to a broader debate surrounding the direction taken by Italian bishops on these issues.

The “8 per 1,000” is a distinctive feature of Italy’s tax system that allows taxpayers to allocate a small portion of their income tax – specifically 0.8 percent – to a recognized religious denomination or to the state. When Italians file their annual tax return, they can choose which institution receives this share. If they make no choice, their contribution is distributed proportionally according to the preferences expressed by other taxpayers that year. This mechanism was established in 1984 through agreements between the Italian government and the Catholic Church.

In practice, since most taxpayers allocate their contribution to the Catholic Church, even those who do not explicitly choose another option end up, in effect, funding the Italian Bishops’ Conference.

Recently, Italian dioceses have undergone an LGBT-oriented shift. June, traditionally dedicated to devotion and adoration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has instead become a month in which many Italian bishops participated in LGBT “Pride”‑related events.

This transformation has been enabled by ecclesial documents, beginning with 2023 Fiducia supplicans and continuing with the 2025 Italian synodal document, “Lievito di pace e di speranza (“Leaven of Peace and Hope”), which adopts the language of LGBT activism and encourages clergy to support civil initiatives against “homophobia and transphobia.”

Numerous dioceses hosted vigils and events aligned with LGBT causes, some inside churches, often in collaboration with activist groups. In Padua, demonstrators displayed blasphemous signs during a “Pride” march, while Archbishop Claudio Cipolla responded with embarrassment but without condemnation. In Milan, Archbishop Mario Delpini celebrated a Mass organized by an LGBT group on June 12, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, during which an activist received Communion while wearing a blasphemous shirt.

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Elon Musk has once again placed X at the centre of the cultural conflict between the United States and Europe by publishing Citizen Vigilante in full on his social media platform. This is the action thriller directed by Uwe Boll and starring Armie Hammer that Germany has kept out of its normal distribution channels.

The film, which was posted as available to watch for free for 48 hours, has not been banned by government decree. The mechanism has been more bureaucratic, and therefore more striking: the FSK, Germany’s age-rating board, refused to grant it any classification. Without that authorisation, the film cannot be shown in cinemas, sold in physical format, or distributed on the main platforms inside Germany. In practice, it has been blocked from the market.

The case has opened an immediate divide between the two models. In the United States, the film has circulated like any other independent production, with a limited theatrical release and digital distribution.

In Germany, by contrast, the official argument rests on the protection of minors and the risk of incitement against immigrants. While Washington tends to shift these conflicts to the market and public opinion, Berlin still maintains an administrative architecture capable of preventing a work from reaching an adult audience. In short: German authorities censor art and limit free speech and freedom of information.

Musk broke that logic by taking the film directly to X. The gesture turned a German regulatory decision into a transatlantic phenomenon. What could have remained a dispute over Uwe Boll’s career or Armie Hammer’s professional comeback is now, and rightly so, presented as a new case of European censorship.

The strongest reactions came precisely from that camp. Libs of TikTok joked that Germany had blocked Citizen Vigilante and Musk had responded by posting the entire film. Alex Jones celebrated the move as a breakthrough through the left’s “electronic Berlin Wall.” Milo Yiannopoulos directly thanked Musk for the publication. Naomi Seibt, a German activist critical of the establishment, also amplified the release from Germany.

Among politicians, the most visible reaction came from Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński, from PiS, who described the film as “absolutely a must-see” and later shared clips again with the message “must watch.” His intervention gave the episode a European dimension that the German institutions wanted to avoid at all costs: it was no longer just about a film, but about the ability of national and EU institutions to decide which representations of crime, migration, and self-defence are allowed to circulate.

Absolutely a must-see film! https://t.co/MGRfEfKHt5

— Dominik Tarczyński MEP (@D_Tarczynski) June 26, 2026

Boll, for his part, publicly thanked Musk for spreading the film and even called on Donald Trump to watch it. The director argues that the FSK has used the language of youth protection to conceal a political filter on immigration. His critics respond that the film legitimises private justice and exploits fear of migrant crime. That is the precise point of fracture.

Citizen Vigilante and Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/7iG54AGeRa

— uwe boll (@BollFILMS) June 26, 2026

Germany tried to isolate a film and ended up internationalising it. Musk did not merely give it an audience. He turned it into evidence against the European model of cultural control. And that is the real dispute: not whether Citizen Vigilante is good or bad, but who decides what an adult citizen is allowed to watch when the subject being addressed is mass migration and its consequences.

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Incredibly bloody images and video have been published following an altercation between an Arab migrant and two African migrants, with the Arab migrant reportedly smashing one victim’s head in with a hammer in the Spanish city of Torre Pacheco in the Murcia region of Spain.

The shocking images show the Arab suspect completely covered in blood wielding what appears to be a hammer. He is positioned close to the limp body of an African man, who lies covered in blood on the ground.

Local media reports that a fight broke out between three men of migrant origin: two Senegalese men and one man of Arab or North African origin.

The man of Arab origin allegedly pulled out a hammer and repeatedly struck one of the Senegalese men on the head, leaving him seriously injured on the ground in a pool of blood.

The suspect also attacked the second Senegalese man with a broken glass bottle, causing a neck wound.

The altercation is under investigation and has been linked by sources to a possible robbery, but so far a specific motive has not been firmly determined.

The aggressor was quickly detained on scene by police and a seriously injured Senegalese victim was hospitalized in grave condition at Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca.

Spanish politicians have already reacted to the bloody scenes.

“Not again. Torre Pacheco. The same old thing. But we won’t get used to it. We won’t. The Spanish won’t. They have to be thrown out,” wrote Spanish MEP Jorge Buxadé of the Vox party.

Otra vez. Torre Pacheco. Lo de siempre. Pero no nos acostumbraremos. Nosotros no. Los españoles no. Hay que echarlos. pic.twitter.com/ei4ZK9YgXI

— Jorge Buxadé (@Jorgebuxade) June 25, 2026

Torre Pacheco has a notable immigrant population, including significant Moroccan and other North African communities, along with others from sub-Saharan Africa. It has experienced recurring issues with street violence, fights, and tensions involving groups of migrant origin.

In July 2025, there were larger-scale disturbances after an assault on an elderly local resident, allegedly by a young man of Moroccan origin, leading to protests, counter-violence, and accusations of racist attacks on immigrants.

The town has been a flashpoint in Spanish debates over immigration, integration, crime, and public safety, frequently cited by right-wing parties like Vox.

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The French government has decided not to make public the results of the surprise anti-drug tests it has ordered for ministers, their staff, and senior civil servants.

Just days after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu instructed ministries to carry out unannounced saliva tests on high-level officials in sensitive positions, Matignon confirmed on June 25 that individual or aggregate results will remain confidential.

“We are not a tribunal,” an official close to the Prime Minister told AFP, adding that the goal was “exemplarity and state security” rather than public shaming.

The tests, announced in a circular dated June 16, target cabinet members, senior officials with security clearances, prefects, rectors, and others in sensitive roles.

Positive results or refusal to test can lead to disciplinary action, including potential dismissal, but the government insists the process is internal.

Critics argue that refusing to publish any data, even anonymised statistics, undermines the very principle of exemplarity Lecornu claimed to promote.

Opposition figures and parts of the public have questioned whether the initiative is more symbolic than substantive if citizens are left in the dark about its outcomes.

The decision comes amid heightened concern over drug use in French society and follows several high-profile incidents involving public sector personnel.

An adviser on agricultural issues and a senior official at the Ministry of Finance were forced to resign after such incidents.

Cornu’s initial announcement was presented as a strong signal of zero tolerance at the top of the state. The refusal to disclose results now risks making the policy appear less rigorous than advertised.

France has some experience with workplace drug testing in safety-critical sectors such as transport and construction, but extending mandatory random testing to the highest levels of government remains highly unusual.

Privacy protections under French law are strong, and public bodies are generally reluctant to release personal data even in anonymised form.

Whether the tests will lead to any visible changes in personnel or simply serve as a one-off communications exercise remains unclear.

The CGT Civil Service and other trade union organisations have expressed reservations about the real scope of the measure.

Laurent Vallet, president of the National Audiovisual Institute, a public institution that preserves and promotes France’s audiovisual heritage, was arrested in Paris for allegedly buying drugs from a 17-year-old. https://t.co/lA9p7yCQyh

— Brussels Signal (@brusselssignal) August 12, 2025

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