Right-wing attacks soar in Germany

Right-wing extremists in Germany committed 173 attacks against sites housing asylum-seekers during the first six months of this year Ð almost three times as many as during the same period in 2014


ANTI-REFUGEE ATTACKS

Jan-Dec 2014 175

Jan-Jun 2015 173

Real figures may be higher as many refugees are afraid to report to police


Troeglitz, April 4: Refugee shelter destroyed in suspected arson attack (above). Germany took in 200,000 refugees in 2014 and is predicted to receive over 300,000 in 2015


Attacks during first quarter 2015*

NETH.

BEL.

LUX.

FRANCE

SWITZ.

Hamburg

Bremen

Magdeburg

Berlin

Dortmund

Cologne

Frankfurt

Munich

Stuttgart

POLAND

Dresden

CZECH REPUBLIC

AUSTRIA  

100km 60 miles 


*Includes attacks on refugee homes, anti-constitutional graffiti and hatred-inciting speech


Source: Federal Interior Ministry/ Der Spiegel

Picture: Getty Images