3,500 attacks against migrants in Germany

Migrants and their homes in Germany faced more than 3,500 attacks in 2016, a number that a German official said was alarming.

Most of the attacks were crimes such as vandalism to asylum-seeker homes – including far-Right graffiti, threats and slander – but the report also included arson, bodily harm and attempted murder. It was compiled by the Interior Ministry with information from Germany’s 16 states in response to a question in parliament by the Left party.

The attacks led to 560 people being injured, including 43 children.