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| Germany hate crime: Nearly 10 attacks a day on migrants in 2016 | Germany hate crime: Nearly 10 attacks a day on migrants in 2016 |
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| Nearly 10 attacks were made on migrants in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry says. | Nearly 10 attacks were made on migrants in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry says. |
| A total of 560 people were injured in the violence, including 43 children. | A total of 560 people were injured in the violence, including 43 children. |
| Three-quarters of the attacks targeted migrants outside of their accommodation, while nearly 1,000 attacks were on housing. | Three-quarters of the attacks targeted migrants outside of their accommodation, while nearly 1,000 attacks were on housing. |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to open up Germany to people fleeing conflict and persecution has polarised the country and boosted hate crime. | Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to open up Germany to people fleeing conflict and persecution has polarised the country and boosted hate crime. |
| Germany is struggling with a backlog of asylum applications and there are fears about security following a series of terrorist attacks across Europe. | Germany is struggling with a backlog of asylum applications and there are fears about security following a series of terrorist attacks across Europe. |
| The interior ministry figures | The interior ministry figures |
| But the number of asylum seekers arriving in Germany in 2016 was 280,000, a drop of more than 600,000 from the previous year, following the closure of the Balkan migrant route and an EU deal with Turkey. | But the number of asylum seekers arriving in Germany in 2016 was 280,000, a drop of more than 600,000 from the previous year, following the closure of the Balkan migrant route and an EU deal with Turkey. |
| The issue is expected to feature heavily in parliamentary elections this September. | The issue is expected to feature heavily in parliamentary elections this September. |
| Sunday's interior ministry figures, which are preliminary, were released in response to a parliamentary question. | Sunday's interior ministry figures, which are preliminary, were released in response to a parliamentary question. |
| There was no comparison with previous years because attacks against individual migrants only started to be counted as a separate category in 2016. | |
| Attacks on asylum shelters and migrants | |
| In its statement, the interior ministry said it strongly condemned the violence. | In its statement, the interior ministry said it strongly condemned the violence. |
| "People who have fled their home country and seek protection in Germany have the right to expect safe shelter," the statement read. | "People who have fled their home country and seek protection in Germany have the right to expect safe shelter," the statement read. |
| Migrant crisis: A Syrian's struggle to become German | Migrant crisis: A Syrian's struggle to become German |
| Swedish asylum shelter hit by blaze | Swedish asylum shelter hit by blaze |
| MP Ulla Jelpke from the leftist Die Linke party said that the government was too focused on a perceived security threat from migrants while the real threat was coming from the far right. | MP Ulla Jelpke from the leftist Die Linke party said that the government was too focused on a perceived security threat from migrants while the real threat was coming from the far right. |
| "Do people have to die before the rightwing violence is considered a central domestic security problem and makes it to the top of the national policy agenda?" she said, quoted by the Funke media group. | "Do people have to die before the rightwing violence is considered a central domestic security problem and makes it to the top of the national policy agenda?" she said, quoted by the Funke media group. |
| "Nazis are threatening refugees and therefore our democracy." | "Nazis are threatening refugees and therefore our democracy." |
| A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. | A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. |