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Germany: Nearly 10 Attacks a Day on Migrants

There was an average of nearly 10 attacks each day on migrants in Germany in 2016, the Interior Ministry has said. A total of 560 people were injured in the violence, including 43 children. Three-quarters of the...

by LibertiesEU

There was an average of nearly 10 attacks each day on migrants in Germany in 2016, the Interior Ministry has said. A total of 560 people were injured in the violence, including 43 children. Three-quarters of the attacks targeted migrants outside of their accommodation, but almost 1,000 attacks were on housing. Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to open the German borders to people fleeing conflict in Syria and elsewhere has led to an increase in hate crime, although the number of asylum seekers arriving in Germany in 2016 dropped by more than 600,000, to 280,000, from the previous year.

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