Originally posted by Bardock42I see.
From what I read sexual assault and violence is not uncommon within them. I don't really know the prevalence though.
I thought it is connected with something like this.
https://www.rt.com/news/331125-german-mayor-refugees-harassment/
German mayor says schoolgirls shouldn't walk near refugee center to avoid sexual harassment
“That's easy, just don't provoke them and don't walk in these areas,†said Müller, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party.
That response was met with outrage from residents, with one person calling for Müller to step down.
“You're not allowed to walk in your own city anymore! Go home, boy! Who the hell elected you?†a man shouted behind a camera filming the event. “Boy oh boy, you've got some nerve,†he added.
Another can be heard sarcastically saying, “Yeah, let's all keep a 1-meter distance! So easy!â€
Agreed, that kind of victim blaming is wrong and counter productive. The Cologne mayor said similar stupid things earlier this year. Perpetrators of these crimes need to be held responsible. And on the other hand the reaction to blame all migrants for the acts of a few is abhorrent and dangerous as well.
Originally posted by Bardock42
I'd probably do more or less the same. I'm pretty happy with her leadership and work regarding the refugee situation.I wish that other countries were more cooperative, but you can't always get what you want.
You'd truly change not a single thing? Since saying "more or less the same" implies you would do a few things different.
Originally posted by Stigma
Agreed. Have you ever been to Germany? They really have the best sausages.BTW Rob, what do you think about news on sex crimes and attacks commited by migrants recenty?
Just for a minute (driving through), been to Austria, did have some of the best (maybe best) sausage I've ever had there.
Think it's awful and they should be prosecuted, jailed and then deported if found guilty. But I also think it's awful that the larger whole gets blamed for the actions of the few(er).
Originally posted by Surtur
You'd truly change not a single thing? Since saying "more or less the same" implies you would do a few things different.
My follow up post mentioned points I would put focus on, however being chancellor is not an absolute position, and from my pov Merkel is doing pretty much what I would want, given the political climate.
Oh look hundreds of migrants breaking the law, trying to get into Macedonia.. I'm sure they'll stay put and not leave their camps and run around Europe undocumented, like Germany losing thousands...
^ This happens a lot, so I hear.
This reminds me:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/26/germany-lost-track-130000-migrants/
Germany: 130,000 migrants missing
German authorities do not know where as many as 130,000 asylum seekers are, the government said in a parliamentary document reviewed by the Agency France Presse on Friday.
Out of nearly 1.1 million asylum seekers registered in Germany last year, “about 13 percent did not turn up at the reception centres to which they had been directed,”
So Germany fails big when it comes to domestic security.
More shocking news:
http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/cologne-is-every-day-europes-rape-epidemic/news-story/e2e618e17ad4400b5ed65045e65e141d
GERMANY, Sweden and other European countries are facing growing public unrest amid a wave of reports of sexual assaults since the Cologne attacks.
New York-based conservative think tank Gatestone Institute has compiled a shocking list of sexual assaults and rapes by migrants in Germany in just the first two months of the year.
Drawing only from German media reports, the list documents more than 160 instances of rape and sexual assault committed by migrants in train stations, swimming pools and other public places against victims as young as seven.
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Authorities across the country have been accused of downplaying the true extent of the problem by suppressing information about migrant-related crimes, ostensibly due to a “lack of public interest”.
In Sweden:
‘DO NOT GO OUTDOORS ALONE’
On Monday, police in the Swedish city of Östersund advised women not to go outdoors alone following a string of public assaults and sex attacks in the past three weeks.
Sweden, which has a population of just under 10 million, took in around 163,000 migrants in 2015, making it by far the most generous on a per capita basis.
National broadcaster SVT reports what police area manager Stephen Jerand described as a “worrying trend” of unprovoked violence on women in public places.
Speaking at a press conference, police said they had never experienced crime of this nature in the small city of Östersund, which has a population of just 44,000.
“This is serious,” Mr Jerand said. “We care about the protection of women and that is why we go out and talk about this.”
Police said there had been six reports of attacks since February 20, including a 10-year-old girl who was molested at a bus station in the centre of the city.
WOMEN ARE SCARED TO EXERCISE AT NIGHT
It comes after a poll conducted by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet found nearly half of all women in the country are now scared to exercise alone at night.
According to the survey, 46 per cent of women aged over 16 felt either “very” or “somewhat” unsafe when they are alone in the dark, compared with 20 per cent of men.
Almost one third said if they were caught by sunset, that they would rather stay at a friend’s house than try to get home alone.