We are experiencing a collective loss of freedom in Germany, especially for women, said the deputy president of the German Federal Police Union.

According to statistics from Germany's Federal Crime Agency (BKA), between 2015 and 2022, more than a thousand women were sexually harassed or raped by illegal migrants . The error of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's immigration policy can therefore be measured in shocking numbers, writes v4na.com .

According to estimates, in 2022 alone, out of more than ten thousand suspects, 6,366 were Germans, while 3,679 were foreigners. Among them, 1,115 were asylum seekers, meaning that although they made up only 2.5 percent of the population, they were responsible for more than 11 percent of sexual violence and rape.

This confirms long-standing trends: migration researcher Ruud Koopmans found that

asylum-seeking migrants were five times more likely to be involved in violent crimes than others.

Manuel Ostermann, vice president of the German Federal Police Union, complained that migrants who commit sexual violence are often already known to the police and often have previous convictions for other crimes, but are still allowed to stay in the country because of lax deportation standards.

"Whoever commits crimes against sexual self-determination should not have the right to stay in Germany. We are experiencing a collective loss of freedom in Germany, especially for women"

Ostermann told the paper, adding that women often avoid public places and street parties because they are afraid of violent migrants.

"The government should focus on protecting our own citizens, not tolerance of foreign criminals"

- the American news portal Breitbart quoted the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which is breaking new and new records in public opinion polls thanks to its anti-immigration rhetoric

Front page image: Illustration / A man is being pulled over by the police at the main railway station in Cologne on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2017. Due to the attacks against women during the 2015 New Year's party in the same place, security measures were tightened at New Year's Eve street events in German cities. (MTI/EPA/Sascha Steinbach)