Courtesy of Mish.
Refugee Sex Scandal
In the wake of a New Year’s Eve Sex Scandal in Cologne that involved approximately 1,000 refugees, German chancellor Angela Merkel proposed Tougher Migrant Laws.
Before: Asylum seekers are only forcibly sent back if they have been sentenced to at least three years’ imprisonment, and providing their lives are not at risk in their countries of origin.
Proposed: Deport “serial offenders” convicted of lesser crimes.
What We Know
- The Cologne incident involved at least 1,000 refugees of Arab or North African origin.
- Women filed 379 criminal complaints of which 40% involve allegations of sexual offenses. Counts vary, story to story.
- There were at least two reported rapes. Again, counts vary.
- Cologne’s police chief Wolfgang Albers, was suspended after repeated claims that his force mishandled the incident. Albers has since resigned.
Cover-Up
Not only did the Cologne police attempt to suppress the story, so did the media and Merkel’s government.
The Telegraph reports ‘Cover-Up’ Over Cologne Sex Assaults Blamed on Migration Sensitivities
The Daily Caller reports Germany’s Largest Broadcaster Apologizes For Not Reporting Sexual Assault Attacks
Germany’s largest television station ZDF issued an apology Wednesday for not reporting on the New Year’s Eve sexual assault scandal in the city of Cologne, where more than 100 women were victims of a “civil war like” situation.
Editors of the network’s nightly news show “Heute” (translated to “Today” in English) confessed to not covering the attacks despite knowing the magnitude and severity of the events. Leaked police documents also confirm authorities held back on reporting information to the public until the media broke the story Monday — four days after the attacks.
Right to Asylum
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