by Elliot Friedland
Fake passports, terrorists in disguise and the machinations of Saudi
Arabia make the refugee crisis in Europe more complicated than it seems.
The Islamic State and other Islamists are
trying to manipulate the refugee crisis, which they partially created,
in order to undermine European security. (Photo: © Alex Meyler/Clarion
Project)
A 21-year old from Morocco has been arrested by German authorities at a refugee center near Stuttgart on suspicion of being an Islamic State recruiter.
The man was sought under a European arrest warrant issued by Spanish
authorities. He used a false identity to pose as an asylum seeker.
According to The New Observer, this is the first time German authorities have arrested a terror suspect masquerading as an asylum seeker.
At the same time it was reported the German government seized 10,000
fake Syrian passports, which are being sold to those seeking to gain
entry to the EU for around $1,500 each. Possession of a Syrian passport
makes claiming asylum a lot easier.
Out of 213,000 migrants who arrived in April, only 44,000 were from Syria, according to figures from Eurostat, the official EU statistics agency. Others come from a variety of countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and across North Africa.
Clarion has previously reported on the delicate balancing act now required of Europe’s policy makers in response to the crisis. The Islamic State has said it is importing fighters into Europe
disguised as refugees. These numbers will be compounded by the threat
from returning European citizens who fought as jihadists in Syria.
ISIS is also profiting from the lucrative people-smuggling industry that has sprung up as the Syrian Civil War has worsened. Time magazine reported earlier this year it had seen intelligence reports saying ISIS had deliberately attacked refugee camps and created additional refugees to create more refugees – and thus more customers for its people-smuggling operation.
Queen Rania of Jordan, whose country has so far taken in 1.4 million refugees, called on Europe to take in more asylum seekers, warning that failure to do so "risks
creating a defeated and disillusioned generation,' she said, 'who, at
their most desperate, could be susceptible to extremists' ideology."
Yet Saudi Arabia and
the other wealthy countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have
slammed their doors, refusing to accept any Syrian refugees.
Instead, Saudi Arabia has offered to construct 200 mosques
in Germany for Syrian refugees who arrive there, something Oxford
Professor and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins branded a “sick joke.”
He asked on Twitter, “Is it conceivable that Saudi seriously thinks
MOSQUES will contribute to the welfare of the migrants in Germany?”
This
shows the intent of Saudi Arabia – not to help those fleeing the war,
but to use them as pawns in their attempt to spread their Wahhabist form
of Islam (the root of all Sunni Islamist movements) around the world.
Europe must be careful in balancing its humanitarian obligations with its security needs.
Elliot Friedland
Source: http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/germany-arrests-isis-recruiter-posing-asylum-seeker
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