Europe’s Violent Immigration Crisis

Western Europe is bent, suffering in quiescence as its Muslim immigrants stab at it from within. Numbed and bloodied, its leadership and people seem to have forgotten that this is neither normal nor inevitable. 

Yet, at the 10-year mark of the 2015 migrant crisis, and the anniversary of several particularly disturbing Islamic terror attacks, an allied voice has been raised to remind Europe that it could choose to live in peace and safety: the U.S. Department of State. 

Reporting on the Impacts of Mass Migration 

The U.S. Department of State recently announced instructions to its overseas embassies to report on the human rights implications and public safety impacts of mass immigration, stating “mass migration is a human rights concern. Western nations have endured crime waves, terror attacks, sexual assaults, and the displacement of communities …. Mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization and undermines the stability of key American allies.” 

Both this policy and acknowledgment from U.S. leadership mark a historic departure from decades of sentimental orthodoxy—finally, an official admission of the way open borders decimate public safety and way of life.  

A History of Horrors 

Nowhere are those consequences more visible than in Europe right now, as it marks a series of painful terrorist anniversaries, bringing the grim reality back into the minds of many of its citizens.  

Nov. 13, 2025, marked the 10th anniversary of the Bataclan massacre and the coordinated ISIS attacks that killed 130 people in Paris.  

Vienna has just looked back on the Nov. 2, 2020, shootings that brought jihadist terror once again to the heart of a European capital.  

And of course, this past January marked one decade since the Charlie Hebdo attacks—10 years of Europe’s leaders inviting in a problem they still refuse to confront and is only worsening by the day.  

‘Europe Is Not the Same Place Anymore’ 

President Donald Trump has repeatedly called them out on this in his interviews, speeches, and even the 2025 National Security Strategy, where Europe was spotlighted for suffering from civilizational erasure. He told Politico that immigration is the root cause of the “decaying” of most European nations, and he said bluntly in a recent GB News interview that “Europe is not the same place anymore.”

In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, he critiqued the immigration crisis, saying, “You’re destroying your countries. They’re being destroyed. Europe is in serious trouble.”  

It is right that the American administration not just hold our allies accountable on this, but back sentiments up with policy. Violent immigrant crime and Islamic terror attacks are a top five challenge across the West, and the political class that engineered Europe’s open-door migration experiment bears responsibility for the consequences.  

In many Western European capitals, the parallel society of Islamist separatism has taken hold. Parts of London like East Tower Hamlets are occupied almost entirely by Islamic migrants and are dangerous and uninhabited by native born populations. Though the major capital cities see plenty of high-profile attacks, smaller towns have not been spared by any means.  

Migrant Crime by the Numbers 

The statistical picture across Europe reinforces the scale of the problem, with the countries inviting in the most unvetted migrants finding themselves at the center of these crimes.  

In the United Kingdom, between 2021 and 2023, more than 104,000 foreign nationals were convicted in England and Wales, including over 38,400 convictions for violent crime, sexual assault, drug offenses, and theft—despite foreign nationals making up only 9.3% of the population. In 2024, foreign nationals accounted for one-quarter of all sexual offense arrests.

Germany’s Police Crime Statistics for 2023 revealed that 41% of suspects nationwide were not German citizens. Even after excluding immigration-specific offenses, the number of non-German suspects rose by 13.5%, compared to just 1% for German suspects. Violent crime by foreign nationals rose 14.5% year-over-year, compared to 2.2% among Germans.  

In France, foreign nationals remain dramatically overrepresented in violent crime, where 41% of violent crimes on public transportation were committed by foreigners, including 19% by North Africans. Sixty-four percent of robberies, physical attacks, and sexual assaults on Parisian public transit were committed by foreigners.  

In Spain, nearly 80,000 arrests of African foreign nationals were recorded in 2024, and an analysis by its Interior Ministry reveals murders committed by foreign nationals rose by 69% between 2013 and 2023. 

This is a relentless assault on public safety and definitely not a one-off “wave” of Islamist terror. The threat has not gone away, nor does it show signs of slowing down. In the minds of many, the threat has simply become normalized.  

The Cover-Ups and Concerns of Being Called Islamophobic 

For a decade, Europe’s political class has been mostly unaccountable for the record of immigrant crime and violence. The cost has been paid by ordinary Europeans, by the Christians in churches, by the families grieving after truck attacks and train stabbings, by the victims of crimes that Europe’s leaders cover up or claim are “unrelated to migration.”  

This is why it is also correct that the State Department’s declaration spotlights the systematic concealment of immigrant crime, particularly Islamic terrorism, and the punitive treatment of citizens who raise concerns.  

Across Western Europe, journalists, politicians, and academics alike risk accusations of Islamophobia or xenophobia for pointing out patterns of migrant crime or Islamist-inspired violence, creating an environment where honest conversation is often silenced.  

The environment of self-censorship, cultural paralysis, and political intimidation lead to a refusal to say the quiet part out loud, which is that Europe’s migration policies since 2015 have fundamentally altered its civil society and security landscape—and not for the better.  

In the U.K., for example, reports on the grooming gangs—overwhelmingly composed of men of Pakistani Muslim background who prey on vulnerable British women—has been delayed not because authorities lacked evidence, but because police, social services, and political leaders feared being accused of racism. 

By directing U.S. embassies to report not only the public-safety impacts of mass migration but also the “human rights implications,” the Trump administration is implicitly acknowledging that these abuses include the crimes committed against native populations as well as the policies that silence them. This shift also rightly recognizes that attacks on freedom of speech are themselves part of the human-rights violation. 

Europe Must Decide If It Wants to Continue Down Path of Destruction 

As we enter the next decade following 10 years of mass migration crises, Europe must decide whether it will remain Europe. Right now, the continent is in serious trouble. Its option is to continue operating down the path of self-destruction, as if these threats aren’t real, or to acknowledge reality and act.  

Unless its leaders reclaim sovereignty, enforce the rule of law, and abandon the culture of denial that has defined the last decade, there will be a next round of devastating anniversaries one decade from now—and more reminders of a preventable tragedy that leadership across the continent refused to confront. 

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