Ghaled, 22, who was a dentistry student in Syria before he was forced to flee the conflict there, visited the French embassy in Berlin to pay his respects to those killed in coordinated bomb and gun attacks across Paris.
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The prosecutors said he couldn’t disclose certain sensitive details of the investigation.
“They are waiting for their orders”, he said. Police staged raids on Saturday in Molenbeek, a poor, immigrant quarter.
The news that one of the assailants in the Paris attacks may have crossed into Europe with refugees fleeing Syria is raising the fierce debate over Europe’s immigration policy to a new pitch. Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, has warned against any “swift links” between the Parisattacks and Europe’s migrant crisis. Among them was 29-year-old Paris native Omar Ismail Mostefai. He was identified through tests on his severed finger.
“Terrorism is so well organised that it does not need to take the hard route taken by the refugees, who risk their lives by crossing the high seas”, Ursula von der Leyen told reporters.
The man traveled from Greece to Macedonia, then on Serbia and Croatia, where he registered in the Opatovac refugee camp, the lawmaker said.
“The holder of the passport passed through the island of Leros on October 3, 2015, where he was identified according to European Union rules”, said Toscas. Being Syrian refugees have a better chance of getting asylum in Germany than those classified as economic migrants from Afghanistan, Iraq or Pakistan.
Juncker urged them “to be serious about this, and not to give in (to) these basic reactions I don’t like”.
A few say the atrocities in Paris underline the need for tougher measures to control the flow of migrants. He continued saying, “All the area is destroyed, and just the passport is still ok? Paris changes everything”, as quoted by The Guardian.
Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz called for a complete “halt to any plans to bring refugees that may have been infiltrated by ISIS to the United States”.
President Barack Obama is pledging to redouble US efforts to eliminate the Islamic State group and end the Syrian civil war that has fueled its rise.
Tourist sites in Paris are closed and thousands of French troops are in the streets as the country mourns the 129 people killed.
Authorities believe that auto was used in Friday’s attacks that killed more than 120 people.
Police in Paris found a rental auto with Belgian plates that was allegedly used by the attackers parked near the Bataclan.
A Greek police source also told the news agency the holder was registered with authorities, and had entered the country as part of a group of 69 refugees.
Of the eight attackers, Molins said only two had been formally identified as of Saturday evening: one Frenchman who was known to security services; and the Syrian, whose passport was found near the scene of a suicide bombing near an entrance to the Stade de France stadium.
The Serbian daily Blic had earlier published a photograph which it said showed a “Syrian passport issued in the name of Ahmad alMohammad…”
The university says the vigil will also recognize the 80 students from France who are enrolled at Cal State Long Beach in foreign exchange programs.
Poland’s incoming government leaders declared Saturday that they would not accept refugees without security guarantees.
A large majority of migrants declare themselves as Syrians from the war-torn country, although they have no documents to prove it, Serbian police say.
Greek police have sent the fingerprint of the passport owner to France, to check whether they match those of the suicide bomber.
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The Greek minister for citizen protection, Nikos Toskas, said one of the men had been registered on the Greek island of Leros in October.
