Failed asylum seekers blamed for rise in violent crime in Germany

The large migrant influx to Germany in recent years has fuelled a rise in violent crime, according to the findings of a new government report. Rejected asylum-seekers from countries considered safe were behind much of the rise, while genuine refugees from countries such as Syria and Iraq were more rarely involved, the study found. The report’s authors have called on Angela Merkel’s government to do more to return economic migrants posing as asylum-seekers to their own countries. Viol