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Because there have been so many migrants, Germany alone can not handle all of them so the European Union has gotten involved. The European Union says that many more countries must make an effort to help with the crisis. According to POLITICO," Towards that end, there are three major steps to take. 1. We need to secure Europe’s external borders, an effort that includes significantly strengthening Frontex’s mandate in the short term. Only secure external borders can guarantee our freedom within the Schengen area. 2. We should increase support to the EU’s neighboring countries in order to erase their citizens’ need to migrate for economic reasons. 3. We need to establish European asylum laws with clearly defined rules and comparable levels of assistance to support those who temporarily need our help."

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Europe's most serious refugee crisis since World War II is stretching economic resources, radicalizing politics and straining the post-war institutions created to keep the continent at peace and whole.

Over a million migrants came into the EU last year, and thousands are following them every day on an often perilous journey. As Brussels struggles to fashion a workable common response, national capitals are taking matters into their own hands. A borderless Europe created by the Schengen treaty is in doubt. Even Germany and Sweden, which last summer threw open their arms to welcome the newcomers, are having second thoughts.

So what is to be done? POLITICO asked leading thinkers, experts, policymakers and politicians for their solution to Europe's worsening migration problem.

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Consider the crisis an opportunity to revitalize the EU
Jens Spahn is a member of the German parliament and the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
A high influx of refugees had already kept parts of Europe in suspense for a few years. Then, last summer, the situation became critical. The search for a European solution has proven to be laborious, as social and political differences between member countries become more and more pronounced.

Germany, too, arguably didn't do enough to support south European countries dealing with the increasing number of refugee arrivals. Now the EU faces one of its biggest challenges yet. But the European project has been particularly resilient in weathering crises in the past. Its successful track record should serve as encouragement. Our current challenge should be seen as an opportunity to take Europe another step forward.

No country can shoulder the refugee crisis alone.

Despite what some EU governments may claim, the refugee crisis is not a primarily German problem, but a European one. For too long we have ignored the fact that conflict will inevitably ensue when young, poor neighboring states come to compare themselves to the old, prosperous Europe. We now have to take responsibility for that fact. As Europeans, we can't let the daunting task ahead divide us. We need to consider it a new beginning.

Towards that end, there are three major steps to take. 1. We need to secure Europe's external borders, an effort that includes significantly strengthening Frontex's mandate in the short term. Only secure external borders can guarantee our freedom within the Schengen area. 2. We should increase support to the EU's neighboring countries in order to erase their citizens' need to migrate for economic reasons. 3. We need to establish European asylum laws with clearly defined rules and comparable levels of assistance to support those who temporarily need our help.

One thing should be clear to every member of the EU: No country can shoulder the burden of the refugee crisis alone. We need to come to terms with our mistakes - and learn from them. If we do, the refugee crisis could be a chance to revitalize the Union.
This text was translated from the German by Teresa Stiens.
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To survive it, restore a sense of control
Ivan Krastev is chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria.
There are crises that cannot be solved, only survived - and the refugee crisis is one of them. The most convincing proposal at Europe's disposal, and one that could actually make a difference in a short period of time, is the Merkel Plan developed by the European Stability Initiative and now discussed by European leaders from Berlin to The Hague.

Its central idea is the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of refugees a year from Turkey to a group of EU member states, and in parallel the return of all migrants currently in Greece to Turkey. If Turkey is declared a safe country for refugees, overburdened Greece can legitimately return people there to process their asylum requests.

The EU has to show that it is serious about supporting refugees in Turkey.

At the same time the EU has to show that it is serious about supporting refugees in Turkey, and follow up on its promise of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens.

No proposal is perfect. This too will be hard to negotiate and implement, but it does outline a practical way forward. It would replace a humanitarian disaster with an orderly process. Refugees could reach Europe without risking their lives. The plan would prove to European publics that elected leaders can restore a sense of control. This is crucial to the future of the whole European project.

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Say less, do more
Demetrios G. Papadmetriou is president of Migration Policy Institute Europe and president emeritus of the Migration Policy Institute.
"Solving" the EU migration crisis defies simple or one-off policy prescriptions. But we can start with a simple dictum: Europe must say less and do more.

Beginning to solve the crisis requires three things.

First, we must identify mistakes made and correct them. This includes the fact that Europe unilaterally eliminated its central Mediterranean borders through search and rescue operations that, however legally necessary and morally responsible, brought those rescued into the European Union - where very few people who don't, strictly speaking, deserve protection are ever removed. The Aegean mess is simply the logical evolution of that "policy." Moreover, Europe must acknowledge that unilateral policy decisions by one country have large effects on neighbors. Germany is a case in point.

Second, governments need to face up to the difficult task ahead: develop an integrated set of responses and pursue them with rigor. Here, the script is mostly already written - the problem is execution. Specifically, removing asylum seekers whose applications have been denied must become a policy priority, to protect the integrity of the EU system.

Europe must acknowledge that unilateral policy decisions by one country have large effects on neighbors. Germany is a case in point.

Dramatic reductions in flows from Turkey, through the policy prescriptions embedded in last November's Turkey-EU agreement, must become a priority of equal importance. Implementation will be difficult, and far more expensive than Europe imagines. Turkey's resolve - and Europe's patience - will be tested.

Syria is another piece on this chessboard; the objective should be the creation, defense and gradual expansion of "safe zones" to which Syrians can find protection. The final piece: A large humanitarian resettlement program that replaces chaos with order, dangerous crossings with safety, and illegality with lawfulness.

Third, we must develop well-thought-out contingency plans for the (most likely) event that EU policies are not properly implemented.

Nothing about these proposed solutions will be easy. But the alternative - the disintegration of important pieces of the European experiment - would be far more severe.

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Control the borders, enforce solidarity
Jeroen Lenaers is EPP shadow rapporteur for the proposal for a permanent redistribution mechanism.
Solving the migration crisis has become the single most pertinent question for European policymakers and national, regional and local governments all over Europe. At summit after summit the EU promised more than its member countries were willing to deliver.

As a consequence, the relocation mechanism proposed by the European Commission has become a dead letter. Funds committed by member countries have not been transferred. Of the five "hotspots" promised in Greece only one is functional. And, despite a controversial deal with Turkey, thousands of refugees and migrants still enter the EU via Turkey on a daily basis.

The redistribution mechanism should be revived in order to share the burden fairly among European countries.

Our first priority should be to gain control over our external borders. The Commission's coast and border guard proposal should be finalized and implemented before the end of the year, but we cannot afford to sit quietly until then. We need common action at our borders - now.

We should also acknowledge that not everyone reaching European shores is a refugee fleeing war or persecution. Thanks to Vice-President Frans Timmermans' careless percentage-juggling, there is a dangerous lack of clarity regarding the number of refugees arriving in Europe. We need to address this immediately, and at the same time expedite the return of illegal migrants to their country of origin.

Current commitments must be executed without delay. The redistribution mechanism should be revived in order to share the burden fairly among European countries. If cooperation on the basis of solidarity does not work voluntarily, the Commission should explore the possibilities of corrective mechanisms for countries that categorically refuse to participate in a common approach.

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Stop looking for the 'silver bullet' - and play by the rules
Syed Kamall is chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament.
EU nations have a moral responsibility to help people fleeing murderous regimes or organizations; but failure to make the distinction between refugees and economic migrants has exacerbated the crisis. Europe cannot be the destination for everyone seeking a better life.

Leaders must stop trying to find a "silver bullet" policy that is sure to fail the moment it leaves the press room. They should demonstrate that they understand the nuances of this very complex crisis. Only then can they focus on helping those genuinely fleeing persecution.

There is no miracle solution other than sticking to the rules to which European countries have already agreed. This crisis demands significant resources and assets from EU member states: to police the EU's external border, to fingerprint and process claimants, and to swiftly return those without a legitimate claim.

There is no miracle solution other than sticking to the rules to which European countries have already agreed.

Returns under the Dublin Regulation were suspended to Greece five years ago because of poor reception conditions, and Germany's open invitation in 2015 blew Dublin out of the water. Yet the regulation itself does not need reinvention; it simply needs to be enforced. If a country cannot abide by its responsibilities under Schengen, and refuses to accept help, other countries are justified to protect their own national borders.

Implementation is the key to solving this crisis. We talk about solidarity in an abstract and romantic way; but actual solidarity means that everyone adheres to the rules and obligations they agreed on. Countries need to let the laws we adopted take effect, and not let their neighbors down.

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The EU needs a coherent asylum policy
Guy Verhofstadt, European parliamentary group leader for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), was prime minister of Belgium from 1999-2008.
Instead of deterrent tactics like closing the borders, enforcing national quotas or confiscating personal effects, we need a genuine European approach.

First of all, we need to secure the most critical border - the one between Greece and Turkey. At least 2,000 European and national officers should be sent to fingerprint, screen and register refugees. This rapid response force would also decide who travels on to a destination in Europe and who travels back to their country of origin.

At the same time, we need to improve the living conditions at refugee centers in Turkey and Europe. Instead of pouring billions into a bad deal with Erdoğan, we should give targeted, direct assistance to refugees - in the form of health care, education, and food checks - to empower them and give them more control over their situation.

The European Council needs to agree on one set of asylum rules to be applied across the board, with a mandatory quota scheme that distributes the refugees over all 28 countries.

But to really solve the crisis, we need to look beyond the emergency situation and tackle its root causes. We need to transform Frontex into a full-fledged European Border and Coast Guard. The Commission's proposal is ready, and we now need to fast-track it in the European Parliament and the Council. The next mid-term review of the European budget is the right moment to substantially increase Frontex's funding.

The establishment of a European Border and Coast Guard would of course mean that we need to agree on one set of rules that governs its actions. The current Dublin asylum regulation has failed us -it induced a race to the bottom, whereby European states compete to become the least attractive for migrants. The Council needs to agree on one set of asylum rules to be applied across the board, with a mandatory quota scheme that distributes the refugees over all 28 countries.

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Leave migration policy to the countries
György Schöpflin is a Hungarian MEP from the Fidesz party.
The migration crisis has intensified Europe's fault lines - between the EU states that look the other way when migrants pass through them and those that receive them; between those that embrace multiculturalism and those that want nothing to do with it; between those that believe migration will boost their economy and those that argue migrants will swamp the labor market; between those that have the money to integrate unskilled immigrants and those that don't.

These opposing views cannot be reconciled. At most they can be patched over.

Hungary saw an enormous movement of people transit the country without regard for its sovereignty and received next to no understanding from Brussels, which admonished Budapest for the construction of a fence to protect the Hungarian border. Central Europe's declining population has generated demographic anxiety - the fear that local norms, customs and values could be overwhelmed by an influx of migrants.

EU member countries should prepare to return a sizable number of migrants, notably those on the move for economic reasons, to their home countries.

The distinction between genuine asylum-seekers and economic migrants should be observed with far greater stringency. The status of " protected person" should be applied more frequently, as it avoids the uncontrolled swell of migration through policies like family reunion, that overwhelm local populations and undermine integration.

EU member countries should prepare to return a sizeable number of migrants, notably those on the move for economic reasons, to their home countries. The EU should accept that citizens of member countries need to give their consent to receiving large numbers of migrants, and that most, if not all, aspects of migration policy should therefore be handled at the state level.

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We have solutions - now we have to implement them
Gianni Pittella is chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament.
How can we solve the migration crisis? It's easy. It would be enough to put in place immediately all the measures proposed by the European Commission, voted by the European Parliament and mainly already adopted by the European Council. There's just one snag. Most of the European states don't fulfill their obligations and disregard decisions that were commonly taken.

Europe risks collapse as a result of the foolish and short-minded illusion that we can face this problem by raising walls, closing borders, setting thresholds, discriminating on the basis of religion or building a mini-Schengen.

How can we solve the crisis? Let's start by penalizing non-cooperation and rewarding those who cooperate.

The EU Commission has already delivered solutions. Member countries just haven't implemented them - not the relocation system nor the return system (though no one knows who should be returned, where to, and who should finance it). As a consequence of a general lack of clarity, registration doesn't work properly, the outdated Dublin system is still in place and Frontex has not yet started supporting member countries in controlling external borders.

How can we solve the crisis? Let's start by penalizing non-cooperation and rewarding those who cooperate. Europe is a family that shares the same values and obligations. It is not an à-la-carte menu from which you pick and choose the bits you like.

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Send support to Turkey and Greece
Alexandra Stiglmayer is a senior analyst and secretary-general of the European Stability Initiative.
To resolve the migration crisis, Europe needs to create a safe and legal way for refugees to reach European countries and close the illegal and dangerous Aegean migration route. This may sound ambitious, but it's achievable.

A coalition of willing European states led by Germany should offer to take several 100,000 Syrian refugees from Turkey, and immediately get down to implementing this commitment. In return, Turkey should agree to take back anyone who reaches Greek islands from a certain date. The flow of refugees will peter out after it becomes clear that the journey across the Aegean leads back to Turkey.

In order to prevent refugees from flocking to Turkey in the hope of being resettled in the EU, the coalition should only agree to take people from among the 2.2 million Syrian refugees registered in Turkey before December 2015.

A coalition of willing European states led by Germany should offer to take several 100,000 Syrian refugees from Turkey, and immediately get down to implementing this commitment.

For Greece to be able to send asylum seekers back to Turkey legally, Turkey must improve protection under its Temporary Protection scheme for Syrians and implement all provisions of its 2013 asylum law. This is an issue of political will and EU support; all the necessary institutions are already in place.

European countries spearheading the new approach should also immediately start financing projects in Turkey, particularly schools for Syrian children, without waiting for agreement among all 28 states on the €3 billion promised to Turkey.

The leader of the Dutch Labour Party, which is part of the ruling coalition, seems to have taken up our proposal, which combines refugee protection with effective control of the EU's external borders. It is time that it is put into place - instead of dangerous, doomed proposals like erecting an iron curtain north of Greece.

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Europe should stop being naïve - we're overstretched
Jimmie Åkesson is the leader of the Sweden Democrats and a member of the Swedish parliament.
On a recent visit to a refugee camp in Jordan, I met very few people who expressed a desire to move far away from their homes. Most wished nothing more than to return home once the conflict was resolved.

The massive flow of migrants entering Europe is made up of mostly young and middle-aged men who have the means to fund their journey and pay the smugglers. The truly poor and needy are left behind. Any help we give incoming migrants therefore only helps a fraction of the suffering masses. Our efforts for long-term success should focus on giving humanitarian support to the countries these displaced people have fled.

The idea that we can provide everyone with a European standard of living is both naïve and impossible to achieve.

There are two main benefits to this approach. Firstly, funds allocated to these regions provide necessary aid to a greater number of people. In light of the significant challenges integration poses, this is a much more attractive option than increasing immigration to European countries.

The idea that we can provide everyone with a European standard of living is both naïve and impossible to achieve. We should provide these unfortunate people with basic necessities like clean drinking water, adequate food, clothing, shelter, medicines and school supplies for the children. This type of aid is best delivered in the areas directly neighboring conflict zones.

Secondly, this approach ensures that the region maintains the necessary local competencies to rebuild. Since making the journey to Europe is expensive, a certain number of these displaced people are economic migrants rather than actual refugees. Some are doctors, lawyers, engineers and have certain levels of education. It is critical that this knowledge base remain in the area in order to optimize chances of recovery once the conflict is resolved.

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Don't dismiss economic migrants
François De Smet, director of Myria, Belgium's federal center for migration.
Europe can only resolve the refugee crisis by committing to a two-pronged approach: on the one hand a common, continent-wide asylum policy; on the other, a migration policy that acknowledges and organizes economic migration flows, instead of resisting and denying them.

The refugee crisis that made headlines last summer is only one facet of international migration. But it has shone a light on Europe's lack of proactive politics and inconsistent international security and migration policies.

Europe must create a system that allows asylum-seekers to register requests from their home countries or states adjoining the EU.

A solution involves more cooperation. Europe must create a system that allows asylum-seekers to register requests from their home countries or states adjoining the EU. This would short-circuit smuggling networks and eliminate the risks involved in illegal border crossings. Requests for asylum should be doled out equally across the EU. The viability of this system relies on equal treatment for asylum seekers across the continent, regardless of the destination country to which they are allocated.

Europe should also work on opening legal channels for economic migrants seeking work in the EU, and facilitate training for both high and low level jobs. Europe needs to become more attractive and accessible for workers of all levels. Europe should regard the issue in a utilitarian light, and keep its own economic needs in mind.

Considering the continent's rather dire demographic projections, it should be possible to create a mutually beneficial system by which the EU matches origin country and destination country, all the while protecting the rights of migrants themselves. Not only is this possible - it's crucial to the European project.
This text was translated from the French by Esther King.
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Europe needs to step up and intervene sooner
Josef Janning heads the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Solving the refugee crisis requires five interlocking actions.

First, Europe needs internal solidarity. Rather than insisting on physical relocation schemes, a European Fund for refugees and asylum, jointly funded by EU members according to their share of EU GDP, should uphold solidarity and help countries shoulder the burden of refugees.

Second, although the new EU border agency is a step in the right direction, the Schengen Area itself needs joint external border security. This includes reception centers where refugees would be taken care of, registered, and sent home if their asylum requests fail.

EU countries need to help refugees as soon as they leave their home countries, not just when they arrive in Europe.

Third, the EU needs a humanitarian intervention force, ready to engage on a much larger scale than the EU or UNHCR does today. EU countries need to help refugees as soon as they leave their home countries, not just when they arrive in Europe.

Fourth, Europeans need joint economic, financial, diplomatic and military resources - and the will - to resolve conflicts in neighboring regions by political means and induce other countries or regional powers to engage with each other constructively.

Fifth, the EU needs a common asylum and immigration policy that would enable it to share burdens fairly among member states. Too often, the asylum process becomes a substitute for a lack of resources to ensure properly regulated immigration.

Passivity is not an option. As the most dependent and most committed member state Germany will have to bring together a coalition of the willing.

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Europe's most serious refugee crisis since World War II is stretching economic resources, radicalizing politics and straining the post-war institutions created to keep the continent at peace and whole. Over a million migrants came into the EU last year, and thousands are following them every day on an often perilous journey.

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Many terrorists attacks have occurred because of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. Because of all of the combat in Syria due to ISIS trying to make Syria an Islamic State, many people are fleeing to different countries in hope of refugee.
The economic crisis is primarily due to China's falling demand and the fact that France, one of Germany's biggest trading partners, economy is struggling.

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Germany's industrial production has slipped to ZERO per cent and customer confidence has plummeted in just part of a catalogue of disasters for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

A fall in Germany's prosperity could drag the eurozone down with it - a scenario becoming more likely amid growing signs of the country's slowdown.

The country has the biggest economy in Europe and is where a large portion of the bloc's wealth is created.

Germany's money has helped the eurozone struggle ahead, despite the ailing finances of Italy, Spain and Greece.

If the German economy crumbles it could start a domino effect that would pull down other countries' economies with it.

That would also be a huge hit to Britain as Europe is one of the UK's biggest trading partners.

The biggest shock facing Germany is the slowing global economy, which spells disaster for its export-driven growth.

China is one of Germany's biggest markets, and its falling demand is expected to hit home hard.

France is one of Germany's closest trading partners and its economy is struggling, further dampening demand for German exports.

Expert Peter Lundgreen, head of investment firm Lundgreen's capital said: "German exporters are feeling the pain from the slowdown in business investments in many emerging market countries, as commodity prices have tumbled."

Germany's industrial output has helped underpin the country's economic growth - but these numbers have been undershooting expert expectations for months.

Domestic consumption has also powered the country's growth over the past year but consumer confidence has been falling since June last year, which indicates that consumption is set to fall too, Mr Lundgreen added.

Mr Lundgreen added: "The latest consumer confidence survey revealed that uncertainty about the job market is the biggest concern of respondents, a development that comes as a surprise."

The investment expert tips Germany's economic growth to slow to 1.3 per cent in 2016, falling far short of 1.8 per cent expectations.

This could knock consumer confidence even harder, he argues.

He added: "The hope for growth and market gains in 2016 is based on expectations of higher GDP growth in Germany and the eurozone - but my main scenario is less expansion than expected."

At the same time, the economy is on course to take a hit from the Volkswagen emissions crisis, with the full impact expected to become clear in 2016.

The car manufacturer is one of the country's largest employers, with more than 270,000 jobs in its home country and even more working for suppliers.

It is estimated one in six German jobs depends on the car industry, as well as 17.9 per cent of the country's exports, making Germany even more vulnerable to crisis.

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Europe on the brink of financial MELTDOWN as Germany faces economic ruin

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Germany's industrial production has slipped to ZERO per cent and customer confidence has plummeted in just part of a catalogue of disasters for Chancellor Angela Merkel. A fall in Germany's prosperity could drag the eurozone down with it - a scenario becoming more likely amid growing signs of the country's slowdown.

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The burning newspapers placed outside the home of five asylum-seekers in Brandenburg an der Havel, a small town near Berlin, prompted a swift response. It was a "cowardly act of arson" said Germany's Foreign Minister.

In the first six months of this year there has been a sharp rise in the number of crimes against asylum-seekers or refugee homes with some 202 incidents reported - more than during the whole of 2014.

But the apparent rise in hostility toward refugees, many of whom see wealthy Germany as a kind of promised land, has been countered by an outpouring of sympathy and support for people seen as desperate victims of poverty or violence. In recent months, Germans have flocked to join welcome committees for them. Students, retirees and even one conservative politician have taken refugees into their homes. Others have created websites to organise car rides for refugees wanting to come to Germany for accommodation and jobs.

"We felt we just had to do something to assist these people, because they deserve our help," says David Jacob, a 24-year-old student from Berlin who co-founded workeer.de - a site that matches up refugees and employers. Launched at the end of July, the site already has over 1,000 registered refugees and 450 employers.

The starkly differing reactions to the influx of refugees points to an increasing polarisation in Germany, with growing acceptance of outsiders by a majority but a possibly radicalised minority fearful of all things foreign.

Authorities have attributed about 173 anti-refugee incidents in the first half of the year to far-right sentiment, including eight cases of arson. For Germans, these have stoked grim memories of fatal fire-bombings in the early 1990s, when many feared that overt racism was again going mainstream less than half a century after the defeat of the Nazis.

The majority of Germans have been openly supportive of refugees. In Buch, a down-at-heel suburb of Berlin, one Eritrean asylum-seeker said the only time he had witnessed any hostility was when a far-right protest occurred outside his refugee shelter. "But there were many more people protesting for the refugees," said the 32-year-old, who gave his name only as Mehari out of concern for his family.

Hajo Funke, a professor of political science at Berlin's Free University, said the attitude of most Germans toward foreigners has changed profoundly from what it was a couple of decades ago, when immigrants were considered temporary residents only.

"There has been an immense change in society. Germany has become a more open, liberal country," said Mr Funke. "Polls show about two-thirds of the population say they are prepared to invest time or money to help refugees."

When hundreds of asylum-seekers were camping outside Berlin's reception centre for refugees last week in searing August temperatures, locals used social media to organise deliveries of water, ice cream and toys for children.

Refugee supporters say there's no cause for complacency, however. Robert Kusche, who runs a counselling service for victims of hate crime in the eastern city of Dresden, said many attacks do not show up in official statistics because refugees do not believe it is worth reporting minor incidents such as spitting or shoving in the street.

Mr Kusche said groups such as Pegida had tapped into a lingering fear of foreigners among some parts of German society. "We need a strong sign that this won't be tolerated," said Mr Kusche.

Despite the current support for refugees, some are nervous. "Far-right extremists are exploiting concerns among parts of the population and this is leading to violence," said Mr Funke. "The danger is that this will take the shape of terrorism."

For now, most refugees appear to feel secure in Germany. Hassan Salameh, a 30-year-old pharmacist who fled Aleppo with his mother and two sisters, said he considers himself lucky to be in Germany. "It's the second homeland for us," he said at a refugee shelter in Spandau, on the outskirts of Berlin. Still, one incident stuck in his mind. "We were walking together with my family and someone made like this," said Mr Salameh, making a cutting gesture across his neck. "But they don't try to make action, it's just a sign." AP

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Willkommen: The Germans who are embracing migrants

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Sexual violence in Germany has reached epidemic proportions since Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed into the country more than one million mostly male migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Gatestone Institute first reported Germany's migrant rape crisis in September 2015, when Merkel opened up the German border to tens of thousands of migrants stranded in Hungary. A follow-up report was published in March 2016, in the aftermath of mass attacks against German women by mobs of migrants in Cologne, Hamburg and other German cities.

Germany's migrant rape crisis has now spread to cities and towns in all 16 of Germany's federal states. Germany is effectively under siege; public spaces are becoming increasingly perilous. Police have warned about a potential breakdown of public order this summer, when young male migrants are likely to see women lightly dressed.

During the month of July 2016, hundreds of German women and children were sexually assaulted by migrants (see Appendix below). The youngest victim was nine; the oldest, 79. Attacks occurred at beaches, bike trails, cemeteries, discotheques, grocery stores, music festivals, parking garages, playgrounds, schools, shopping malls, taxis, public transportation (buses, trams, intercity express trains and subways), public parks, public squares, public swimming pools and public restrooms. Predators are lurking everywhere; safety nowhere.

Dozens of women and children have been assaulted by migrants at summer festivals and public swimming pools - staples of ordinary German life.

In July, at least 24 women were sexually assaulted at the Breminale music festival in Bremen. Women were also assaulted at outdoor festivals in Aschheim, Balve, Gerolzhofen, Grenzach-Wyhlen Heide, Loßburg, Lütjenburg, Meschede, Poing, Reutlingen, Sinsheim, Wolfhagen and Wolfratshausen.

In July, women and children were also sexually assaulted at public swimming pools in Babenhausen, Dachau, Delbrück, Hamm, Hilchenbach, Kirchheim, Lörrach, Marklohe, Mönchengladbach, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Oberursel, Remagen, Rinteln, Schwetzingen and Stuttgart-Vaihingen.

Most of the crimes were downplayed by German authorities, apparently to avoid fueling anti-immigration sentiments. Almost invariably, the crimes are said to be isolated incidents ( Einzelfälle), not part of a nationwide problem. Information about sexual assaults can usually be found only in local police reports. Rapes are sometimes treated as local interest stories and covered by local or regional newspapers. Only the most spectacular incidents of rape and sexual assault make it into the national press.

Three rape cases did make it into Germany's national media in July:

On July 24, a 40-year-old migrant from Eritrea raped a 79-year-old woman in a cemetery in Ibbenbüren. The woman, who lives in a local nursing home, was visiting the grave of her late sister at 6AM when the attack occurred. The migrant, who has been living as a refugee in Germany since 2013, was arrested at the scene. He is unlikely to be deported, however, because Eritrea is considered a conflict zone.

On July 14, it emerged that one of the women raped by Muslim sex mobs in Cologne on New Year's Eve became pregnant. She failed to report the attack to police because she felt ashamed.

On July 3, a 24-year-old woman raped by three migrants in Mannheim in January admitted that she lied about the identity of the rapists. Selin Gören, a Turkish-German woman, initially said that her attackers were German nationals, when in fact they were Muslim migrants.

In an interview with Der Spiegel, Gören, the spokeswoman of Germany's left-wing youth movement, Solid, said she lied because she was afraid of fueling racism against migrants. She also posted a letter on Facebook to a fictional refugee:

"I am really sorry that your sexist and line-crossing treatment of me could help fuel aggressive racism. I am going to scream... I will not stand by and watch, and it can happen that racists and concerned citizens name you as the problem. You are not the problem. You are usually a wonderful human being who deserves as much as any other to be safe and free."

German police and media have faithfully mirrored Gören's efforts to protect migrant rapists. German police reports usually refer to migrant criminals with politically correct euphemisms such as "southerners" ( Südländer), men with "dark skin" ( dunkelhäutig, dunklere Gesichtsfarbe, dunklem Hauttyp) or a combination of the two: "southern skin color" ( südländische Hautfarbe).

Germany now finds itself in a vicious circle: most of the perpetrators are never found, and the few who are frequently receive lenient sentences. Most will never be deported. Only one in 10 rapes in Germany is reported and just 8% of rape trials result in convictions, according to Minister of Justice Heiko Maas.

On July 7, the German parliament approved changes to the criminal code that expand the definition of rape and make it easier to deport migrants who commit sex crimes. Under the bill, also known as the "No Means No" (" Nein heißt Nein") law, any form of non-consensual sex will now be punishable as a crime. Previously, only cases in which victims could show that they physically resisted their attackers were punishable under German law.

The reforms, which are designed to make it easier for victims of sexual assault to file criminal complaints, are unlikely to end Germany's migrant rape epidemic. This is because Germany's politically correct justice system is notoriously lenient when it comes to prosecuting, sentencing and deporting foreign offenders.

At the same time, reliable statistics on sex crimes committed by migrants are notoriously elusive. German authorities have repeatedly been accused of underreporting the true scale of the crime problem in the country. For example, up to 90% of the sex crimes committed in Germany in 2014 do not appear in the official statistics, according to André Schulz, the head of the Association of Criminal Police ( Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter, BDK).

On February 25, the newspaper, Die Welt, reported that authorities in the German state of Hesse were suppressing information about migrant-related crimes, ostensibly due to a "lack of public interest."

On January 24, Die Welt reported that the suppression of data about migrant criminality is a "Germany-wide phenomenon." According to Rainer Wendt, the head of the German police union ( Deutschen Polizeigewerkschaft, DPolG), "Every police officer knows he has to meet a particular political expectation. It is better to keep quiet [about migrant crime] because you cannot go wrong."

On January 22, the newsmagazine, Focus, reported that the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency ( Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes, ADS) put pressure on police in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to remove a reference to "North African criminal groups" in a press release. According to Focus, the ADS wrote: "There is a danger that people from these countries are placed under a general suspicion. We encourage you to delete the reference to the North African origin from the press release." NRW Police later removed the offending words because "it could not be excluded that our formulation in the press release could be misunderstood as a discriminatory statement." The original article by Focus has since been removed from the magazine's webpage.

On January 8, the newspaper, Bild, published an article titled, "Are the Police Being Prohibited from Telling the Truth?" The paper quoted a high-ranking police official in Frankfurt, who said:

"There are strict instructions from the top not to report offenses committed by refugees. Only direct requests from media representatives regarding specific crimes should be answered. ... It is extraordinary that certain offenders are deliberately NOT being reported about and the information is being classified as confidential ( nicht pressefrei)."

Meanwhile, Boris Palmer, the "progressive" mayor of Tübingen, thinks he has found a solution to the problem of migrants who are raping German women and children in public swimming pools. He wants migrants to become swimming pool superintendents. In a Facebook post, Palmer wrote: "Our municipality has embraced a great prevention and integration measure. We have a Syrian lifeguard who can make known in Arabic and with authority what behavior is allowed and what is not."

Palmer's first hire is a 24-year-old Syrian named Aiham Shalghin. In an interview with Schwäbisches Tagblatt, Shalghin portrayed migrants as the victims of their circumstances: "Many male refugees have never before swum with women. In Syria, most public swimming pools are separated by gender. Men do not want to see women in swimming attire."

Soeren Kern is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based Gatestone Institute. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group. Follow him on Facebook and on Twitter. His first book, Global Fire, will be out in 2016.

Appendix
Sexual Assaults and Rapes by Migrants in Germany, July 2016.
Gatestone Institute first reported Germany's migrant rape epidemic in September 2015, and again in March 2016. The problem has now spread to cities and towns in all 16 of Germany's federal states. Following are a few cases from July 2016:

July 1. A 25-year-old migrant from Pakistan sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in a public square in Perleberg. A "southern guy" ( südländischer Typ) sexually assaulted a young woman in Nürnberg. A "dark-skinned" man ( dunkelhäutig) groped a 15-year-old girl in Magdeburg. A 34-year-old migrant exposed himself to passersby in Oldenburg. A man speaking "broken German" sexually assaulted a 20-year-old woman in Ibbenbüren.

July 1. Police were searching for a "southern looking man" ( südländisch aussehende Mann) who assaulted a 73-year-old man walking his dog in Sindelfingen. The migrant came up behind the elderly man, grabbed his crotch and demanded to have sex with him. The elderly man tried to get away by getting into his parked car, but the migrant jumped into the passenger seat and again demanded sex. The migrant ran away when a passerby walking her three dogs approached the parked car. Meanwhile, a 32-year-old migrant from Afghanistan photographed two girls, ages 12 and 14, who were swimming in the Iller River in Illertissen. As they got out of the water, the man offered to pay them for sex.

July 2. A 24-year-old migrant from Albania sexually assaulted several women on a suburban train in Hamburg. A 20-year-old "Black African" man ( Mann aus Schwarzafrika) attempted to rape a 27-year-old woman in a women's restroom in Freiburg.

July 3. A "dark-skinned" ( dunkler Teint) man sexually assaulted a 44-year-old woman in Kressbronn. A "southerner" ( Südländer) attempted to rape a 21-year-old woman in Meppen. A man with a "southeastern European appearance" ( südosteuropäischem Aussehen) sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Kühlungsborn. A man with a "southeastern European appearance" exposed himself to a 40-year-old woman at a train station in Mannheim-Lindenhof.

July 4. A "southerner probably of Turkish origin" ( Südländer, vermutlich türkischer Abstammung) sexually assaulted a woman in Nordhorn. Police believe the perpetrator sexually assaulted another woman in the same area in late June. A 16-year-old migrant from Afghanistan exposed himself to a mother and her child in a park in Chemnitz. The man was arrested and released. A "dark-skinned" ( dunklen Teint) man groped a woman in Düsseldorf. A 28-year-old Iranian sexually harassed an 18-year-old woman in Sundern.

July 5. A 27-year-old migrant from Pakistan groped a 33-year-old woman in Chemnitz. The woman, an off-duty police officer, reportedly gave the man a "painful integration course" by kicking him in the groin. After questioning by police, he was released. A "Black African" ( Schwarzafrikaner) attempted to rape a 37-year-old female jogger in Dortmund.

July 6. Two migrants from Afghanistan were formally charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at a public swimming pool in Delbrück. A 22-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan sexually assaulted two girls, ages 14 and 15, in Ravensburg. An "Arab-looking man" ( arabisch aussehenden Mann) sexually assaulted a 20-year-old woman in Heilbronn. Two migrants attempted to rape a 25-year-old woman in downtown Mainz.

July 7. Two "dark-skinned" ( dunkle Hautfarbe) men attempted to rape a woman in Friedrichshafen. A 20-year-old migrant from Pakistan was arrested for assaulting several women in Kirchheim. After questioning, he was released.

July 8. Two teenage migrants from North Africa sexually assaulted a woman at the central train station in Krefeld. They were arrested, questioned and released.

July 9. A 29-year-old migrant from Iraq raped a woman at a discotheque in Kiel. A 16-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at a music festival in Reutlingen. A 28-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted a woman at a festival in Lütjenburg. A migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted several women at a festival in Wolfratshausen. Two migrants from North Africa sexually assaulted two women at the central train station in Duisburg. A "southern looking" ( südländisches Aussehen) man sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at the central bus station in Calw. A "dark-skinned" ( dunklere Hautfarbe) man molested a 19-year-old woman at an outdoor festival in Poing. A "southern looking" ( südländisches Aussehen) man exposed himself to a 16-year-old boy in Xanten. Three "dark-skinned" ( dunklem Teint) men assaulted a 40-year-old woman in Böblingen.

July 10. A 19-year-old asylum seeker from Pakistan sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in Mörfelden-Walldorf. He was arrested and released. A 17-year-old migrant sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in Hamm. A "southerner" or "African" ( südländisch, afrikanisch) man sexually assaulted a 24-year-old woman at a public swimming pool in Babenhausen. A 27-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted two 13-year-old girls at a public swimming pool in Rinteln. Two males aged 16 and 21 sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in Stuttgart-Vaihingen. A "dark-skinned" ( dunklen Teint) man sexually assaulted a 37-year-old woman at a public swimming pool in Dachau.

July 10. Two migrants from Iran sexually assaulted three women in downtown Munich. A 28-year-old Syrian asylum seeker exposed himself to a 48-year-old woman in Schweinfurt. A group of migrants from North Africa harassed several women in downtown Flensburg. When a passerby stepped in to help the women, the migrants used an electroshock weapon to incapacitate him. Two "foreigners" sexually assaulted to women in downtown Chemnitz. The attack led to a street fight between non-Germans and Germans, several of whom were injured. Police arrested a 19-year-old migrant from Libya for assaulting one of the women. After questioning, he was set free. A Turkish taxi driver attempted to rape an intoxicated 26-year-old female passenger in Heidelberg. A man "presumably of foreign origin" ( vermutlich ausländischer Herkunft) groped a young girl in Hammelburg.

July 11. A "Black African" ( Schwarzafrikaner) raped a 21-year-old woman who was jogging in a public park in Chemnitz. A "southern looking" ( südländischen Teint) attempted to rape a woman in Falkensee. A "southern looking" ( südländischen Teint) man exposed himself to a 52-year-old woman on a bike trail in Kleinmachnow. A "dark-skinned" ( dunkelhäutig) man groped a 78-year-old woman in Kempten.

July 12. A 16-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted two women on a bicycle path in Kelheim. A "southern guy" ( Südländischer Typ) exposed himself to a 56-year-old woman in Stolberg. A 23-year-old migrant from Tunisia and a 30-year-old migrant from Kazakhstan assaulted several women in Olsberg. A "southern looking" ( südländisches Aussehen) man attempted to rape a woman in Göttingen.

July 13. A 35-year-old man with a "southern phenotype" ( südländischen Phänotyps) attempted to rape a 43-year-old woman in Mücheln. The woman escaped her attacker after she pepper-sprayed him in the face. A "southern looking" ( südländisches Aussehen) man groped a 15-year-old girl in Meschede. A "dark-skinned" man exposed himself to a nine-year-old girl in Stuttgart. The girl was trying to cross the street when the man drove up in a car and asked her for directions. When she approached the car, she noticed that the man was not wearing pants and was fondling himself. A "foreigner" ( Ausländer) sexually assaulted a woman at a bus stop in Marburg.

July 14. A 36-year-old migrant from Tunisia was charged with raping a 61-year-old woman in Freiberg. Police believe the man is responsible for at least three other sexual assaults in the town. A 27-year-old migrant sexually assaulted a 37-year-old woman at an outdoor festival in Wolfhagen. At the same festival, a 25-year-old migrant from Algeria sexually assaulted a 34-year-old woman, and a 19-year-old migrant sexually harassed several women. A "dark-skinned" ( dunkelhäutig) man assaulted two 18-year-old women in Friedrichsdorf. A 17-year-old unaccompanied minor migrant ( unbegleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge) assaulted several girls between the ages of 13 and 15 at a train station in Bensheim.

July 15. At least 24 women were sexually assaulted at a music festival in Bremen. The attacks were similar to the taharrush attacks in Cologne on New Year's Eve. Police have found only five perpetrators, all of whom are migrants from Afghanistan. Harald Lührs, the lead investigator for sex crimes in Bremen said: "We have never experienced such massive attacks in Bremen. That groups of men surround women in order to grope them, this has never happened here in this magnitude. This is a new problem that the police have to deal with."

July 15. A 22-year-old asylum seeker from Pakistan sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Meppen. A migrant sexually harassed a 17-year-old girl on public transport in Ludwigsburg. A 36-year-old migrant from Syria groped two women at a supermarket in Rottenburg. A "dark-skinned" ( dunkler Haut) man sexually assaulted a 28-year-old woman in Würzburg. A migrant sexually harassed four girls, ages 10 and 11, on a train in the Black Forest.

July 16. Five women were sexually assaulted at an outdoor festival in Sinsheim. A "Black African" raped a 21-year-old woman at a festival in Aschheim. Two North Africans attempted to rape two 18-year-old women at the central train station in Trier. A 25-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted a 30-year-old woman in Übersee. A 17-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman in Meppen. Police say the migrant sexually assaulted four other women in Meppen in recent weeks. A "dark-skinned" ( dunkle Hautfarbe) man exposed himself to a 37-year-old woman in Paderborn. A group of "foreigners" sexually assaulted a 27-year-old woman in Jena. A 36-year-old migrant from Afghanistan assaulted a young woman in Eichstätt.

July 17. Two "Arab-looking" man sexually assaulted a 20-year-old woman in front of the Basilica of Constantine in Trier. A 25-year-old migrant from Iraq repeatedly groped a 25-year-old woman at a discotheque in Landau. When a stranger intervened to protect the woman, the Iraqi went into a rage. The woman ended up with a broken nose. A "dark-skinned" ( dunkle Haut) man attempted to rape a 45-year-old woman on a bicycle path in Rüsselsheim. A 38-year-old migrant exposed himself to two women in a parking lot in Würzburg. Three migrants groped a 15-year-old girl on a bus in Rostock. A 36-year-old migrant sexually assaulted a 34-year-old woman at an outdoor festival in Wolfhagen.

July 18. Three migrants sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman as she was walking to work in downtown Saarlouis. A "dark-skinned" man ( dunkelhäutigen Mann) sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in Grassau. Two "dark-skinned" men ( dunkelhäutigen Männern) sexually assaulted two girls, ages 14 and 15, at the central train station in Gießen. A 25-year-old asylum seeker from Syria sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in Güsten. A 17-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in Hamm. An 18-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted two girls, ages 13 and 16, at a public swimming pool in Oberursel. An 18-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted two children, ages 10 and 12, at a public swimming pool in Remagen. A "southern guy" ( südländischer Typ) attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl in Delitzsch. A "southerner" ( südländisch) sexually assaulted a 48-year-old woman who was walking her dog in Darmstadt.

July 19. Five migrants from Afghanistan and Eritrea sexually assaulted two women at a festival in Gerolzhofen. Two 17-year-old asylum seekers sexually assaulted two girls, ages 11 and 13, in Triptis. A "dark-skinned" ( dunkler Hauttyp) man exposed himself to a 17-year-old girl in Weinheim. Police published a composite photograph of a "person from Syria or Lebanon" who sexually assaulted a woman in downtown Dortmund. Three migrants assaulted three women in downtown Oldenburg. When one of the women demanded that the migrants leave them alone, a 23-year-old Algerian punched her in the face. The three men were arrested and then released.

July 20. A group of men with "Arab roots" ( arabischstämmig) sexually assaulted five girls, aged 10 to 14, at a public swimming pool in Kirchheim. The men, all between the ages of 20 and 30, groped the girls and tore off the tops and bottoms of their swimming suits. Mayor Angelika Matt-Heidecker, who said she was "horrified" by the assaults, revealed that she had given the migrants permanent pool passes, free of charge. Local citizens are required to pay €90 ($100) for the same pass.

July 20. A "dark skinned" man ( dunkelhäutigen Mann) raped a 49-year-old woman in Oldenburg. A man "presumably originating from abroad" ( mutmaßlich aus dem Ausland stammende Mann) attempted to assault a 17-year-old girl on a bus in Bietigheim-Bissingen. Police say a search for the perpetrator has been "unsuccessful." Three migrants from Afghanistan sexually assaulted at least eight women at a public swimming pool in Mönchengladbach. A 52-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in Marklohe. A group of "Black Africans" ( Schwarzafrikaner) sexually assaulted several women at a public swimming pool in Lörrach.

July 20. A 31-year-old asylum seeker from Syria was arrested for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Regensburg. Four "southern looking" ( südländischem Aussehen) men assaulted a woman in Varel. A "Pakistani-looking" man sexually assaulted a 23-year-old woman at a grocery store in Lüneburg. A 34-year-old migrant from Iran sexually assaulted a 20-year-old woman on the subway in Munich. A 44-year-old migrant from Sudan sexually assaulted three children between the ages of 13 and 17 at a youth center in Aurich.

July 21. An Arab migrant ( arabischen Raum stammende Mann) sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in Hilchenbach. Two "foreigners with dark skin" ( Ausländer mit dunkler Hautfarbe) assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Wolgast. A "dark-skinned" ( dunkelhäutig) man exposed himself to two 18-year-old women in Kempten. A 26-year-old migrant from Iraq exposed himself to a 64-year-old woman at the central train station in Dresden. Two "southern looking" ( südländischen Aussehen) men sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman on a train in Bestwig. When her boyfriend intervened, the migrants attacked him. The altercation turned into fisticuffs in which windows on the train were shattered. After the train stopped, the migrants fled. They remain at large.

July 22. A 52-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in Marklohe. A 40-year-old asylum seeker was arrested for sexually assaulting a girl at a public swimming pool in Grenzach-Wyhlen. A 23-year-old migrant from North Africa raped a 26-year-old woman in Mannheim. The woman was seriously injured in the attack. The man was charged with attempted murder.

July 23. An unidentified migrant raped a 15-year-old girl at the central train station in Krefeld. While on a train from Duisburg, the girl noticed that a group of six migrants were staring at her. After arriving at her stop, she entered a public restroom. Upon exiting, one of the migrants grabbed her and raped her while the others stood by and watched. A passerby intervened to rescue the girl. The perpetrators escaped.

July 23. An 18-year-old migrant from Nigeria raped a 28-year-old woman in Kassel. A man with a "dark complexion" ( dunkler Teint) sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Recklinghausen. A "dark-skinned man" ( dunkelhäutigen Mann) sexually assaulted a woman in Braunschweig. A group of "southerners" sexually assaulted at least four women at a festival in Meschede.

July 23. A group of migrants accosted a 40-year-old woman in front of the city hall in Kerpen. As she tried to run away, the mob followed her shouting, "We will f**k you, Lady." After the woman wrote about her experience on Facebook, someone staked out the area in front of city hall and found that many female passersby were also being accosted. As it turns out, groups of migrant youth gather in front of the city hall because of a free wireless internet signal. City officials said they would install free internet access at a nearby refugee shelter in hopes that the migrants will no longer gather in front of the city hall.

July 24. A 40-year-old migrant from Eritrea raped a 79-year-old woman in a cemetery in Ibbenbüren. The woman, who lives in a local nursing home, was visiting the grave of her late sister at 6AM when the attack occurred. The migrant, who has been living as a refugee in Germany since 2013, was arrested at the scene.

July 24. A group of between five and seven migrants from Albania sexually assaulted two teenagers at a beach in Travemünde. The men encircled the girls, aged 15 and 16, in order to separate them from the rest of their friends. One of the men then dragged the 16-year-old into the water and tried to remove the bottom of her bikini. All of the men managed to evade police.

July 24. Five "Black Africans" ( Schwarzafrika stammenden Männern) sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman at a festival in Loßburg. A "Black African" ( Schwarzafrikaner) assaulted a woman at the train station in Maulburg. Two "dark skinned" ( dunkler Hautfarbe) sexually assaulted at least three women at a festival in Balve.

July 24. A 23-year-old migrant from Afghanistan sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in Schwetzingen. The man denied assaulting the girl and the police let him go. A 24-year-old migrant groped a woman at a bar in Mainz. He was arrested after he began throwing bottles at cars parked outside the premises. A "dark skinned" ( dunkelhäutig) man exposed himself to a 22-year-old woman in Mönchengladbach-Wickrath. A "dark skinned man" ( dunkelhäutigen Mann) exposed himself to two women on a street in downtown Erlenbach.

July 25. Police released a composite sketch of a "southerner" who attempted to rape a woman in Schwarzenbek. Five "southern-looking" ( südländischem Erscheinungsbild) men exposed themselves to women and children at a lake in Potsdam.

July 26. A 13-year-old Syrian and a 15-year-old Iraqi groped a 19-year-old woman at a water park in Wismar. Two migrants from Eritrea sexually assaulted a 45-year-old woman in downtown Gera.

July 27. Four boys between the ages of 11 and 13 sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl in Königsbach-Stein. The boys, all of whom are children of Syrian and Iraqi asylum seekers, pinned the girl against the wall of a building and forced her to perform sexual acts on them. According to police, the boys are too young to be held criminally responsible for their behavior. Therefore, social workers have been instructed to help the boys "understand the wrongfulness of their actions" by means of "intensive conversations" about "values and the local understanding of gender roles."

July 27. A man speaking "broken German" ( gebrochenes Deutsch) sexually assaulted a 36-year-old woman on an intercity express train in Karlsruhe. He repeatedly groped the woman and demanded that she perform sexual acts on him. After the train arrived in Karlsruhe, the woman called police, but the perpetrator escaped before they arrived.

July 27. A 19-year-old migrant attempted to rape a 24-year-old volunteer at a refugee shelter in Röhrmoos. A "dark-skinned" ( dunklen Teint) man sexually assaulted a 24-year-old woman in Erfurt. Police released a composite sketch of a "southern-looking man" ( südländischen Aussehens) who exposed himself to women on public transportation in Cologne.

July 28. A group of four migrants from Morocco harassed female passersby at the central train station in Düsseldorf. Police intervened and the migrants attacked the officers. The migrants all have lengthy criminal records. One with an outstanding deportation order was detained. The three migrants demanded that the police to release their compatriot: "You come out! We will crush you! We will slash you!"

July 29. A 29-year-old migrant from North Africa was charged with attempting to rape and murder a 26-year-old woman in Mannheim. A 40-year-old migrant ( ausländischer Mann) assaulted two women in Cloppenburg. A 27-year-old migrant from Iraq groped a 17-year-old girl at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin.

July 30. Six Syrian migrants spiked the drinks of two women at a music festival in Heide. The women fell ill with symptoms of dizziness and were taken to a local hospital. The migrants escaped before police arrived. An 18-year-old "asylum seeker" from Morocco sexually assaulted a 22-year-old woman in Hamburg. He was arrested and then released. Although the Moroccan's asylum request has been denied, he has not been deported. Instead, he has become a career criminal, with a long rap sheet, including assault and robbery charges.

July 30. A 40-year-old asylum seeker sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy at a supermarket in the village of Ering. The perpetrator was arrested at the scene of the crime and released. Three migrants from Iraq were arrested for sexually assaulting several women at a train station in Berlin-Friedrichshain.

July 31. Four asylum seekers from Pakistan raped a 17-year-old girl in Wetzlar. The men plied the girl with alcohol until she became drunk and then took turns raping her. Five North Africans assaulted a 26-year-old woman in Rheine.

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For one example, tensions between Russia and Ukraine have increased over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. The Kremlin has accused Ukraine of conspiring with "saboteurs" to launch attacks. Ukraine has countered with the same accusations. Though it has been impossible for outside organizations to independently verify the claims, Russia has already threatened retaliation and Ukraine's troops are on alert. The UN Security Council is taking up the matter.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used the July 15 coup not only to consolidate his power, but also to criticize Germany's leaders at every opportunity. Merkel has unwaveringly defended the refugee-swap deal that the European Union struck with Turkey in spring, but the souring relations between the nation and the bloc have left its future in question.

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Strongly connected to the refugee situation is the internal rift between Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sibling party, the Christian Social Union. CSU Chairman Horst Seehofer has criticized Merkel's asylum policy since the beginning. As the months have gone by, he has gotten louder in his criticism of the chancellor.

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Why Is Germany Taking In So Many Refugees?

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As stated in the following article, " Germany is a republic with a parliamentary democracy and bicameral system of government." This means that the citizens of Germany vote for who they want in parliament. The Prime Minister, leader of the country, is then chosen by the parliament.

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German Government | for young people | UK-German Connection

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The Bundestag is made up of representatives elected by the German people. The Bundestag's main tasks are to draft and pass legislation, approve the national budget and to vote on the deployment of the German army ( Bundeswehr). The members of the Bundestag are elected by the people of Germany.

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