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Hundreds of women in Cologne were reportedly robbed, threatened and sexually assaulted by small groups of aggressive men, allegedly mostly of Arab and North African origin. Several similar incidents were reported on the same day in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Berlin.</p><p>Same attacks were also reported in Finland, Belgium, Austria, Denmark and Sweden.</p><p>Europe is struggling to find a solution to the large refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety and refuge in Europe. The EU border agency Frontex detected over 1.55 million illegal border crossings in 2015.</p></div></div><div class="b-stories rubric-major"><div class="b-stories__item m-first"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033204184/finland-sex-money.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/102900/48/1029004847.jpg" width="638" height="450" alt="Finnish women have offered lone refugee boys €20 for sex, a Helsinki-based tabloid wrote on Friday." title="Finnish women have offered lone refugee boys €20 for sex, a Helsinki-based tabloid wrote on Friday." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info-first"><div class="b-stories__date"><span>18:14 </span>15 January 2016</div><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033204184/finland-sex-money.html">‘Gimme All You’ve Got!’: Finnish Women Buy Sex From Migrant Teens</a></div></div></div><ul class="b-stories__list"><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160225/1035308790/germans-believe-media-lie.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103401/76/1034017678.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="View of the Berlin skyline seen from Potsdamer Platz to Alexanderplatz, including the TV Tower, the Berlin Cathedral (R), the Berlin palace under construction and the city's town hall (Rotes Rathaus, R)" title="View of the Berlin skyline seen from Potsdamer Platz to Alexanderplatz, including the TV Tower, the Berlin Cathedral (R), the Berlin palace under construction and the city's town hall (Rotes Rathaus, R)" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160225/1035308790/germans-believe-media-lie.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>05:21 25.02.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">05:21 25.02.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160225/1035308790/germans-believe-media-lie.html">'Lying Press!' Half of Germans Turns Away From Mainstream Media</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160225/1035308790/germans-believe-media-lie.html">Mainstream media coverage of the notorious Cologne sex attacks has enraged many Germans, marking a turning point for an increasing dissatisfaction in the work of journalists across the country and a loss of faith in mainstream news outlets.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160225/1035308790/germans-believe-media-lie.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>20</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>4442</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160130/1033977131/european-commission-cologne-attacks.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103287/31/1032873182.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Women hold up placards that read Mrs. Merkel: Where are you? What are you saying? This worries us! during a protest in front of the Cologne Cathedral, Germany, January 5, 2016" title="Women hold up placards that read Mrs. Merkel: Where are you? What are you saying? This worries us! during a protest in front of the Cologne Cathedral, Germany, January 5, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160130/1033977131/european-commission-cologne-attacks.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>18:14 30.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">18:14 30.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160130/1033977131/european-commission-cologne-attacks.html">Really? European Commission Claims Cologne Sex Attacks Unrelated to Refugee Crisis</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160130/1033977131/european-commission-cologne-attacks.html">The European Commission (EC) believes there was no link between sexual assaults in German's Cologne and the ongoing refugee crisis, UK media reported Saturday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160130/1033977131/european-commission-cologne-attacks.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>6</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1319</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160129/1033920309/germany-migrant-violence.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103383/37/1033833745.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A police officer escorts migrants from a train at Hyllie station outside Malmo, Sweden. Picture taken November 19, 2015" title="A police officer escorts migrants from a train at Hyllie station outside Malmo, Sweden. Picture taken November 19, 2015" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160129/1033920309/germany-migrant-violence.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>15:43 29.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">15:43 29.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160129/1033920309/germany-migrant-violence.html">‘Cut Your Head Off’: Woman Worker Reveals Aggressive Refugee Behavior at European Center</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160129/1033920309/germany-migrant-violence.html">A refugee center employee in Hamburg, Germany spoke to German newspaper Die Welt telling about her experience of working at the center and how her one time passion to help refugees has been destroyed because of their ungrateful behavior.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160129/1033920309/germany-migrant-violence.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>9</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2710</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160126/1033719153/russia-girl-alleged-rape.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103361/24/1033612434.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Activists and supporters of the 'International Convention of German Russians' protest against sexual harassment by migrants in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany" title="Activists and supporters of the 'International Convention of German Russians' protest against sexual harassment by migrants in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160126/1033719153/russia-girl-alleged-rape.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>12:22 26.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">12:22 26.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160126/1033719153/russia-girl-alleged-rape.html">Russian Foreign Ministry Hopes for Justice in Alleged Berlin Teen Rape Case</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160126/1033719153/russia-girl-alleged-rape.html">Moscow hopes that justice will prevail in the investigation into the case of a 13-year-old Russian-speaking girl, who was allegedly raped in Berlin by several men believed to be immigrants, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160126/1033719153/russia-girl-alleged-rape.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>451</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160123/1033612550/berlin-protests-merkel-office.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103361/24/1033612434.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Activists and supporters of the 'International Convention of German Russians' protest against sexual harassment by migrants in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany" title="Activists and supporters of the 'International Convention of German Russians' protest against sexual harassment by migrants in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160123/1033612550/berlin-protests-merkel-office.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>20:51 23.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">20:51 23.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160123/1033612550/berlin-protests-merkel-office.html">Enough is Enough! Berlin Residents Protest Near Merkel's Office Against Migrant Violence</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160123/1033612550/berlin-protests-merkel-office.html">About 700 people protested near the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin against acts of violence committed by migrants, a local police spokeswoman told RIA Novosti Saturday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160123/1033612550/berlin-protests-merkel-office.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>11</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>14644</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160122/1033494891/germany-cologne-sex-attacks-firearms.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103349/48/1033494811.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Sticking to Their Guns" title="Sticking to Their Guns" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160122/1033494891/germany-cologne-sex-attacks-firearms.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>16:23 22.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">16:23 22.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160122/1033494891/germany-cologne-sex-attacks-firearms.html">Sticking to Their Guns</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160122/1033494891/germany-cologne-sex-attacks-firearms.html">Cologne sex attacks have turned traditional Germany upside down: women are no longer interested in cosmetics, they prefer firearms.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160122/1033494891/germany-cologne-sex-attacks-firearms.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>4</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2587</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160121/1033503020/germany-russia-girl.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103350/44/1033504488.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Germany police" title="Germany police" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160121/1033503020/germany-russia-girl.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:57 21.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:57 21.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160121/1033503020/germany-russia-girl.html">Russia Verifying Info on Alleged Rape of 13-Year-Old in Berlin by Immigrants</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160121/1033503020/germany-russia-girl.html">The Russian Embassy in Germany is verifying the information about the alleged disappearance and rape of a 13-year-old Russian girl in Berlin by several immigrants, although the child’s family has not asked the diplomatic mission for consular assistance so far, the embassy’s press secretary said Thursday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160121/1033503020/germany-russia-girl.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>9</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3287</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033335347/cologne-assault-arrest-violence.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103326/82/1033268229.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Policemen look on as refugees from Syria demonstrate against violence near the Cologne main train station in Cologne, western Germany on January 16, 2016" title="Policemen look on as refugees from Syria demonstrate against violence near the Cologne main train station in Cologne, western Germany on January 16, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033335347/cologne-assault-arrest-violence.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>20:39 18.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">20:39 18.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033335347/cologne-assault-arrest-violence.html">German Police Arrest First Suspect in Cologne Sexual Assaults</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033335347/cologne-assault-arrest-violence.html">First suspect linked to a chain of sexual assaults committed in the German city of Cologne was arrested by local law enforcement, the Cologne public prosecutor said Monday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033335347/cologne-assault-arrest-violence.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>426</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033326707/cologne-attacks-apology.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103331/74/1033317413.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Refugees from Syria present flowers to passers-by as they demonstrate against violence near the Cologne main train station in Cologne, western Germany on January 16, 2016, where hundreds of women were groped and robbed in a throng of mostly Arab and North African men during New Year's festivities" title="Refugees from Syria present flowers to passers-by as they demonstrate against violence near the Cologne main train station in Cologne, western Germany on January 16, 2016, where hundreds of women were groped and robbed in a throng of mostly Arab and North African men during New Year's festivities" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033326707/cologne-attacks-apology.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:58 18.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:58 18.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033326707/cologne-attacks-apology.html">Roses in Apology: Young Tunisians Make Up for Cologne Assaults</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033326707/cologne-attacks-apology.html">Thousands have gathered in the German city of Stuttgart in a surprising move to support asylum-seekers and protest against racism and violence following initiatives launched by two groups, Tunisian Youth and the German-Turkish Association in Cologne, to apologize for the deviant sexual attacks on young German women on New Year's Eve.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033326707/cologne-attacks-apology.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>15</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1834</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033312617/cologne-sex-attacks-refugees-terror-boost-brexit-campaign.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103331/39/1033313937.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Actors dressed in EU leader face masks pose in front of a refugee message board during a demonstration in front a refugee message board outside of EU headquarters on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015." title="Actors dressed in EU leader face masks pose in front of a refugee message board during a demonstration in front a refugee message board outside of EU headquarters on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033312617/cologne-sex-attacks-refugees-terror-boost-brexit-campaign.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>15:21 18.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">15:21 18.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033312617/cologne-sex-attacks-refugees-terror-boost-brexit-campaign.html">Cologne Sex Attacks, Terror, Refugees Boost Brexit Campaign</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033312617/cologne-sex-attacks-refugees-terror-boost-brexit-campaign.html">The New Years' Eve assaults and robberies by refugees in Cologne have boosted the chances of Britain leaving the EU, as public opinion hardens against its open borders policy which has led to the free movement of terrorism.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160118/1033312617/cologne-sex-attacks-refugees-terror-boost-brexit-campaign.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>985</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160117/1033285189/dutch-men-miniskirts-cologne-attacks.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103328/23/1033282363.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Men in skirts. Amsterdam" title="Men in skirts. Amsterdam" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160117/1033285189/dutch-men-miniskirts-cologne-attacks.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:45 17.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:45 17.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160117/1033285189/dutch-men-miniskirts-cologne-attacks.html">Support in Stockings: Dutch Men Wear Miniskirts After Cologne Sex Attacks</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160117/1033285189/dutch-men-miniskirts-cologne-attacks.html">A group of 400 men took to the streets of Amsterdam wearing miniskirts to show support for women' rights following a series of mass sex attacks on Cologne and other European cities that took place on New Year's Eve.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160117/1033285189/dutch-men-miniskirts-cologne-attacks.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>19</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1891</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191741/belgium-teens-attack.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/102606/52/1026065216.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Belgian police officers enter a train during a patrol at the Thalys high-speed train terminal at Brussels Midi/Zuid railway station" title="Belgian police officers enter a train during a patrol at the Thalys high-speed train terminal at Brussels Midi/Zuid railway station" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191741/belgium-teens-attack.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>15:45 15.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">15:45 15.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191741/belgium-teens-attack.html">Sex Attack: Migrant Teens Assault Women on Belgian Train</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191741/belgium-teens-attack.html">Three Syrian teenagers have been arrested by Belgian police after they sexually harassed women on a local commuter train, a Belgian newspaper wrote on Friday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191741/belgium-teens-attack.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>6</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3328</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191333/finland-police-sex-attacks.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103319/20/1033192003.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A view from the sea to the harbour and market place of Helsinki" title="A view from the sea to the harbour and market place of Helsinki" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191333/finland-police-sex-attacks.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>15:34 15.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">15:34 15.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191333/finland-police-sex-attacks.html">New Year Eve's Sex Attacks by Groups of People 'New Phenomenon' for Finland</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191333/finland-police-sex-attacks.html">The Helsinki police department is collecting information on sexual harassment attacks that allegedly took place in the Finnish capital on New Year’s Eve, and will make a statement in the coming weeks, the director of press and communications services at Finland’s Interior Ministry told Sputnik Friday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033191333/finland-police-sex-attacks.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>598</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033187287/carnival-assault-germany-refugees.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103299/65/1032996507.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Right-wing demonstrators hold a sign Rapefugees not welcome - !Stay away! and a sign with a crossed out mosque as they march in Cologne, Germany Saturday Jan. 9, 2016" title="Right-wing demonstrators hold a sign Rapefugees not welcome - !Stay away! and a sign with a crossed out mosque as they march in Cologne, Germany Saturday Jan. 9, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033187287/carnival-assault-germany-refugees.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>14:52 15.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">14:52 15.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033187287/carnival-assault-germany-refugees.html">West German Town Cancels Carnival Amid Fears of Sexual Assaults by Refugees</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033187287/carnival-assault-germany-refugees.html">The western German town of Rheinberg has canceled next week’s carnival procession to one of its suburbs due to heightened risks of assaults by refugees, the Rheinberg municipal office said on Monday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160115/1033187287/carnival-assault-germany-refugees.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>859</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033080905/comment-pm-assault-festival.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103308/08/1033080840.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a press conference." title="Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a press conference." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033080905/comment-pm-assault-festival.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:53 13.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:53 13.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033080905/comment-pm-assault-festival.html">Swedish PM Expresses 'Anger' Over Reports of Sex Assaults at Youth Festival</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033080905/comment-pm-assault-festival.html">Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Wednesday that he felt "anger" over reports about sexual harassment at a youth festival in the country in August and in the German city of Cologne on New Year's Eve.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033080905/comment-pm-assault-festival.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>21</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>740</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033069537/assault-germany-government-comment.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103293/84/1032938470.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Flowers and letters of protest are laid down on the steps in front of the Cologne main train station in Cologne, western Germany on January 11, 2016" title="Flowers and letters of protest are laid down on the steps in front of the Cologne main train station in Cologne, western Germany on January 11, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033069537/assault-germany-government-comment.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:09 13.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:09 13.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033069537/assault-germany-government-comment.html">Cologne Sexual Assaults Prompt Berlin to Consider Easing Deportation Law</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033069537/assault-germany-government-comment.html">The new law proposed in Germany to ease the deportation process for crime-committing migrants was not under consideration before the Cologne sexual assaults on New Year's Eve, a spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry told Sputnik on Wednesday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033069537/assault-germany-government-comment.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>169</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033052934/germany-migrants-cologne.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103282/72/1032827272.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Picture taken on December 31, 2015 shows people gathering in front of the main railway station in Cologne, western Germany" title="Picture taken on December 31, 2015 shows people gathering in front of the main railway station in Cologne, western Germany" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033052934/germany-migrants-cologne.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>13:40 13.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">13:40 13.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033052934/germany-migrants-cologne.html">Germany to Deport More Migrants Amid Cologne Sex Assaults</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033052934/germany-migrants-cologne.html">The number of migrants to be deported from Germany is due to increase as the country's authorities tighten deportation rules in the wake of the recent mass sexual assaults and attacks in Cologne on the New Year's Eve, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said Wednesday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160113/1033052934/germany-migrants-cologne.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>851</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033024882/cologne-sexual-assault-number.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103287/14/1032871424.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A police vehicle patrols at the main square and in front of the central railway station in Cologne, Germany, January 5, 2016" title="A police vehicle patrols at the main square and in front of the central railway station in Cologne, Germany, January 5, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033024882/cologne-sexual-assault-number.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:24 12.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:24 12.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033024882/cologne-sexual-assault-number.html">Number of Sexual Assaults Complaints in Cologne Rises to 561</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033024882/cologne-sexual-assault-number.html">A total of 561 complaints have been filed to German police in relation to the New Year’s Eve assaults on women in Cologne, the city's chief prosecutor said Tuesday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033024882/cologne-sexual-assault-number.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>7</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>390</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033015037/germany-refugee-crisis-right-wing-gangs-sex-jihad.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103301/48/1033014873.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Members of LEGIDA, the Leipzig arm of the anti-Islam movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA), take part in a rally in Leipzig, Germany January 11, 2016." title="Members of LEGIDA, the Leipzig arm of the anti-Islam movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA), take part in a rally in Leipzig, Germany January 11, 2016." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033015037/germany-refugee-crisis-right-wing-gangs-sex-jihad.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>20:07 12.01.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">20:07 12.01.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033015037/germany-refugee-crisis-right-wing-gangs-sex-jihad.html">Right-Wing German Gangs Pledge to Fight 'Sex Jihad'</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033015037/germany-refugee-crisis-right-wing-gangs-sex-jihad.html">Public anger towards German chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policies and allegations that police covered up sexual assaults on New Year's Eve in Cologne is increasingly visible on the country's streets.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/">Europe Sees Wave of Sex Attacks Amid Migrant Crisis</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1033015037/germany-refugee-crisis-right-wing-gangs-sex-jihad.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>21</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>6425</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item" data-next="/trend/europe_migrants_sex_assaults_2016/more.html?id=1032989072&date=20160112T124251"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305014341/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160112/1032989072/merkel-cologne-attacks.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014341im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103189/95/1031899591.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech about the European Summit at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015." title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech about the European Summit at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 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