Migrants and rape: unveiling myths and facts about the dark side of the refugee crisis

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Official crime statistics in Germany do confirm an increase of nearly 13 percent in sexual assault and rape cases in 2016 compared to the previous year – with 9.2 percent of the overall number of assailants reported as Syrian nationals and 8.6 percent as Afghan nationals. In total, 38.8 percent of those convicted of sexual assault and rape were reported as non-German nationals. This means that roughly 4 out of 10 sexual assaults and rape cases each year are committed by foreigners in Germany. Before the refugee crisis, that ratio was 3 out of 10.
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Regardless of whatever motivation might drive migrants to commit rape and other acts of sexual assault, the unacceptable nature of such transgressions has to be emphasized in integration classes, says Psychologist Maggie Schauer, who specializes in this field at the University of Konstanz. Schauer tells DPA that migrants sometimes use cultural and religious differences as an excuse for such acts despite knowing better:
"Men have to learn to control their aggressions regardless of what religion they might have," she says, adding that it is possible to change attitudes especially because of the universally intolerable nature of rape and sexual assault: "Violent crimes, sexual assaults, and rape: none of these things can be excused by arguing that people come from a different culture. And men do actually know this very well."