President Donald Trump recently denigrated immigrants from shithole countries, reviving a comment he used during his first term in office that sparked criticism.

On August 18, 2023, the Austrian Public Prosecutor's Office for Economic Crimes and Corruption announced that former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz would be prosecuted for giving "false testimony" amid a wide-scale corruption scandal in the Alpine nation.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkiye’s main opposition party, has been blaming Syrian refugees for the country’s social, economic, and political problems, in a sharp turn from his previous rhetoric of change and progress.

A poll conducted by Brookings Institute revealed that the number of US residents holding Islamophobic views is shrinking, even as hate crimes increase.

Many Syrian refugees in Turkey are currently planning to embark on a new, troubled migration to Europe, after reasons such as feelings of instability and fear of the outcome of the upcoming Turkish presidential elections.