Greek authorities have charged a 43-year-old Palestinian migrant with raping a 14-year-old mentally disabled girl outside a church in the Asvestochori area, according to police reports.
The girl and her mother formally accused the man of the assault, which has drawn widespread condemnation.
The case has added to a series of high-profile crimes involving migrants across Europe in recent years, coinciding with the continent’s ongoing challenges in managing large-scale migration.
BREAKING: A 43-year-old Palestinian man has been accused of r*ping a 14-year-old mentally handicapped girl in Thessaloniki, Greece. pic.twitter.com/1yeuItx0UE
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) August 22, 2025
The accused faces multiple charges, including rape, abuse of an incapacitated person to resist a sexual act, and engaging in or exposing minors to sexual acts.
He is scheduled to appear before a Greek prosecutor as the case proceeds through the country’s judicial system.
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Local reports have indicated that the incident took place near a church in Asvestochori, a suburb of Thessaloniki.
Authorities have not released the suspect’s name but confirmed he is a Palestinian national.
This incident comes amid growing scrutiny over migrant-related crime in Europe.
Law enforcement and government officials in several countries have cited instances of violent crime linked to migrants who arrived during the past decade.
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The situation has sparked increasing debate over asylum laws, border enforcement, and the balance between humanitarian aid and national security.
Several European nations, including Germany, France, and Greece, have faced similar cases in which migrants have been accused or convicted of violent offenses, further fueling public concern.
Officials have also highlighted difficulties in processing asylum applications while ensuring public safety.
President Donald Trump has frequently criticized Europe’s migration policies and pointed to the risks associated with open-border approaches.
Speaking to reporters during his visit to Scotland in July, Trump contrasted Europe’s situation with his administration’s immigration measures.
“On immigration, you better get your act together or you’re not going to have Europe anymore,” Trump said.
“You got to get your act together and last month we had nobody entering our country. Nobody. Shut it down. And we took out a lot of bad people that got there with Biden.”
He continued, “Biden was a total stiff. And what he allowed to happen. But you’re allowing it to happen to your countries, and you got to stop this horrible invasion that’s happening to Europe.”
“On immigration, you better get your act together or you’re not going to have Europe anymore…Last month we had nobody enter our country, we shut it down.”
President Trump’s advice to Europe, particularly the UK upon arriving in Scotland.
I agree. pic.twitter.com/wtfacFRokc
— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) July 25, 2025
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The case in Greece is being described by authorities as part of a larger surge of violent crimes committed by migrants and refugees in the region.
Officials have acknowledged that the influx has presented unprecedented challenges for law enforcement and judicial systems across the continent.
Calls to suspend immigration from certain regions, particularly Arab and Muslim-majority countries, have grown louder in political and public debate.
Critics of open-border policies argue that they endanger public safety and strain government resources.
As the case against the 43-year-old Palestinian migrant moves forward, it has once again placed Europe’s migration crisis under the spotlight, raising questions about the future of asylum and border policy across the Western world.
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It seems to me that the vast majority of invaders from mainly muslim majority countries, are wrongly attributed and classified as “Asylum Seekers” when in fact they are, at best, economic migrants well-versed in all the “Freebies” they can claim once over the EU border, and even better once inside the Anglosphere of the UK.
The benefits claimable alone render the UK along with the EU easy pickings for semi or even illiterate migrants who are guided by unscrupulous “guides” who make their own wealth through trafficking deals done to achieve that all important “Passed the Border Status” whether legally or not.
Consecutive British Governments ( both Conservative and Labour ) have failed miserably despite electioneering “Promises” to stop the invasions – or even to seriously address the problem that now threatens the very makeup of The United Kingdom ( and many European Union countries ).
Much of the “Problem” still lies with the authority vested wrongly in a European Court which pedantically insists that the “Rights” of the invaders take precedence ( for some obscure reason ) over the Rights of existing sovereign Countries.
Having spent most of my working life travelling in and through most muslim ruled countries of the World, I believe I have some understanding of their majority mindset, and their existing living conditions.
Whilst it should be quite understandable that individuals should desire to better their own and their families lifestyles by moving to lands with more “opportunities”, we cannot avoid the basic fact that a very large proportion of them have no desire to integrate and become a productive part of the country thay move to – quite the opposite – their “way of life” demands their objective ( one of them ) be to overcome all non-islamic institutions and convert their new “Hosts” to islam – meanwhile drawing upon every opportunity to finance both themselves and others still “In the Queue” ( read : families and friends and “facilitators”) .
If only the World were more vigilant in assessing and rejecting these economic invaders, there would be less incentives to those canvassing the migrants in their home countries, and an immediate fall in the pressures on the borders of the countries whose people have worked long and hard for generations to establish their relative wealth and welbeing in comparison with the lesser-developed nations.
Whilst I wish none of these invading hordes any personal harm, I am far from certain this is reciprocated otherwise integration of at least a larger part of their masses would be quite apparent by now !