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Germans protest over sex assaults in Cologne

Police drive back protesters at a demonstration by the anti-Islam Pegida movement in Cologne, Germany (AAP)
Police drive back protesters at a demonstration by the anti-Islam Pegida movement in Cologne, Germany (AAP) Source: AAP

Riot police have broken up far-right protesters in Cologne as they marched against Germany's open-door migration policy.The rally was held after asylum seekers were identified as suspects in assaults on women on New Year's Eve.The attacks, ranging from sexual molestation to theft, shocked Germany, which took in one-point-one (1.1) million migrants and refugees in 2015 under asylum laws championed by Chancellor Angela Merkel.


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Riot police have broken up far-right protesters in Cologne as they marched against Germany's open-door migration policy.The rally was held after asylum seekers were identified as suspects in assaults on women on New Year's Eve.The attacks, ranging from sexual molestation to theft, shocked Germany, which took in one-point-one (1.1) million migrants and refugees in 2015 under asylum laws championed by Chancellor Angela Merkel.



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