
EU Youth Event on Race Led by NGO Linked to Muslim Brotherhood
The Spanish NGO denied any links to extremism, but this is not the first time an Islamist group has been featured at the Parliament.
The Spanish NGO denied any links to extremism, but this is not the first time an Islamist group has been featured at the Parliament.
Under a new law, after each rescue, charity-run ships have to request access to the nearest port and sail to it, rather than remain at sea looking for other migrant boats in distress.
The federal interior ministry—generally responsible for determining whose asylum claims are legitimate—has outsourced this task to the approximately 100 NGOs involved in the program.
Parliamentarians exchanged shouts and vulgarities after Doctors Without Borders accused Italy of being responsible for the 89 migrant deaths at sea, despite rescue workers’ claiming professional conduct.
Over 200, mostly leftist, civil society organizations asked the EU not to force them to reveal their funding under the new transparency measure for fear of being categorized as political advertisers.
In Brussels, transparency rules are welcome only as long as they target conservatives, as foreign-funded NGOs fear that by forcing them to disclose their sources of revenue, the Commission will let “illiberal forces stigmatize” civil society.
Those previously hailing the reform as a step against right-wing populism are now flustered by the notion that they too will undergo the same scrutiny of their revenue sources.
“A thorough and responsible review of this open-source information should convince governments to end funding to these organizations,” Itai Reuveni, Director of Communications at NGO Monitor said.
The plan likely comes in response to the massive uptick of illegal migration witnessed along the Central Mediterranean this year.