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Angela Merkel says Germany has lost control of the refugee crisis amid public anger over Cologne sex attacks

Justin Huggler, The Telegraph | January 11, 2016 | Last Updated: Jan 12 8:38 AM ET

Angela Merkel said Monday night that Europe had lost control of the refugee crisis, as she confronts public anger over the New Year’s Eve sex attacks in Cologne.

“All of a sudden we are facing the challenge that refugees are coming to Europe and we are vulnerable, as we see, because we do not yet have the order, the control that we would like to have,” the chancellor told a meeting of business leaders.

Her comments came after authorities in Cologne confirmed for the first time that the attacks were “almost exclusively” carried out by men “of an immigrant background.”

Police have identified 19 suspects so far, including 10 who are in the country as registered asylum seekers.

There are growing fears of a backlash against immigrants after 11 people were badly beaten in apparent revenge attacks in Cologne. Monday night, rioting reportedly broke out among far-Right protesters in Leipzig, where a march by the city’s branch of the anti-Islam movement Pegida was taking place.

“As disgusting as the crimes in Cologne and other cities were, one thing is clear: there is no justification for a general agitation against foreigners,” said Heiko Maas, the justice minister. Some people “appear to have just been waiting for what happened,” he said.

Merkel’s government has come under heavy criticism for her “open door” refugee policy since it emerged in a series of police leaks that asylum seekers were among those suspected of the sexual assaults.

The findings of a report by the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia released yesterday are likely to add to the pressure.

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I hope the German citizen population runs Merkel out on a rail. Her position and vision for Germany and the rest of Europe has proven to be extremely dangerous and unsustainable.