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Germany's police union and women's rights groups accused the authorities on Tuesday of playing down reports of harassment, sexual assault and even rape at refugee shelters because they feared a backlash against asylum seekers.

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"There are an unbelievable number of rumors regarding this issue, which are being spread massively over social networks," De Maiziere told a news conference.

"The federal authorities are investigating these resolutely and often the rumors are not true," he said. "There are things worthy of criticism. But there is no reason for a general suspicion of refugees."

No comprehensive official figures are available on the extent of the problem at the shelters, which local authorities are setting to provide temporary accommodation around the country in places such as sports halls and empty office blocks.

But Wendt said the police were reporting cases to the state governments, which have their own interior ministers. These people should take note, he said: "The interior ministers would be well advised to have a look at their own reports to know what actually happens on our streets at night and in the shelters."

Wendt said that a high number of cases went unreported as women rarely dared to file complaints with police or public prosecutors.

This is a general problem with sex crime, regardless of the community where it is committed, due to the victims' feelings of fear and shame.

However, Barbara Helfrich of the charity Paritaetischer Bund in the central state of Hesse, said some women had come forward. "We have several trustworthy reports on sexual violence and assaults from victims, as well as advisory groups and NGOs," she told Reuters.

In a recent open letter, several charities alleged crimes had been committed a city shelter in the state. "There are several cases of rape and sexual assault and increasingly even reports on forced prostitution," the joint letter said, adding that these were not isolated incidents.

With men accounting for about 70 percent of asylum seekers, other groups across the country have demanded gender-segregated accommodation and safe zones for women.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/0...N220151006

warto też wspomnieć o głośnej ostatnio sprawie działaczki z no borders, która poszła wziąć prysznic i została zgwałcona (przez kilku [nastu?] muzułmanów) w obozie dla nielegalnych imigrantów na granicy francusko-włoskiej, ale jej lewicowi koledzy z tej organizacji przekonywali ją, by tego nie zgłaszała, bo zaszkodziłoby to ich marzeniom o świecie bez granic...