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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/berlin-reports-rise-in-attacks-on-refugees-amid-surge-in-far-right-crime>
"Berlin has reported a marked increase in attacks on asylum seekers and refugee
shelters, amid a sharp rise in far-right crime and a hardening of German
migration policy.
Official figures provided at the request of two local Green party lawmakers
showed there were 77 assaults on asylum seekers and refugees in 2024 and eight
instances of deliberate damage to residences housing them.
This compares with 32 targeted attacks on people and none on residences in
2023, one of the deputies, Ario Ebrahimpour Mirzaie, told the news agency
dpa.
As a result of the assaults, 34 people needed treatment in hospital, according
to the official data. These included 16 women, 14 men, two girls and two males
whose age was not reported.
Thirty-seven suspects in the direct assaults on people were identified, 11 of
whom were known to police. Authorities reported no concrete leads in the
attacks on refugee shelters.
Jian Omar, the other Green deputy who sought the publication of the statistics,
called the report an “alarm bell”.
“We demand a clear protection plan for refugees, a visible police presence at
endangered residences, comprehensive prevention work and above all policies
that clearly recognise rightwing violence and decisively fight it,” he said.
Berlin has about 35,000 registered refugees in official reception centres and
dormitories and a further 10,000 in emergency shelters, for example at the
former Tegel and Tempelhof airports, where conditions have been often
criticised as substandard and overcrowded.
Officials from the state office for refugee affairs (LAF) told local media that
all of its residences had plans in place to prevent violence, including
round-the-clock security personnel at most facilities."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
