New Anti-Semitism Fears In Germany: Daily Brief

The United States is set to admit the fewest refugees in four decades. In particular, admittance of Muslim refugees will likely decline by 85%. President Trump's proposed travel ban may be stalled in the courts, but the administration has found many ways to slow its refugee program to a standstill. Great news! The United Kingdom has become the 74th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration. The move represents a commitment to protect schools during wartime. Students in many countries around the world are in danger from military occupation of and attacks on schools. The UK's signing of the Declaration is an important step toward protecting them. In more good news, Greece's highest court ordered the government to end its policy of trapping asylum seekers on its islands and refusing to move them to safer conditions on the mainland. Thousands of people remain trapped on the islands, ending this policy now will prevent more people from being trapped in filthy, overcrowded refugee centers. Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina has been named one of Time Magazine's Most Influential People for her country's protection of the more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Burma. But many other human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings and the enforced disappearance of political opponents persist in Bangladesh. Prominent United Arab Emirates activist Ahmed Mansoor is entering his 14th month of illegal detention. As he faces new charges related to his social media activism, citizens of the UK city of Manchester are raising awareness of his plight and other abuses in the UAE. From earlier today: German police are investigating an assault on two young men in Berlin, in which the attacker was filmed shouting anti-Semitic abuse. The incident, which was captured on video, is the latest in a string of other anti-Semitic incidents in the country, which have raised fears about how Germany is tackling rising anti-Jewish sentiment in some parts of the country.