Germans are worried about the number of asylum seekers
who have been allowed into the country following incidents
of sexual assaults and muggings in Cologne New Year's Eve
and at the city's ongoing annual festival which were mostly
blamed on migrants who "looked like they were from north
Africa" .
22-year-old Nigerian Fidelis is among more than a million
migrants who arrived in Germany in 2015. According to BBC,
he fled fighting in Libya and travelled to Italy before making
his way to Germany nine months ago.
Fidelis told the BBC Newsbeat that he was stopped "on every
corner" on the opening night of Cologne's annual carnival.
"I am very worried. Police have been checking my papers.
They've asked me Where are you from? Are you from
Africa? Can I see you papers? I'm very embarrassed"
There were protests all over Cologne in January and German
Chancellor Angela Merkel made it easier to make asylum
seekers who commit crimes leave the country. Thirty-five
suspects are being investigated over the attacks with two
men - a Tunisian and a Moroccan - charged.
Fideleis who worked at a bar in Libya, says he loves living in
Germany but when he heard what happened on New Year's
Eve - he knew people would treat him differently.
"I was praying to my god. I watched it on the TV station. It
was like something I couldn't expect was happening by
some people who I don't know. I don't know who these
people are."
He thinks people should be more open minded.
"Africans are all different. You see white [people] in Africa
you see black [people]. People need to see this"
Source: BBC Newsbeat
who have been allowed into the country following incidents
of sexual assaults and muggings in Cologne New Year's Eve
and at the city's ongoing annual festival which were mostly
blamed on migrants who "looked like they were from north
Africa" .
22-year-old Nigerian Fidelis is among more than a million
migrants who arrived in Germany in 2015. According to BBC,
he fled fighting in Libya and travelled to Italy before making
his way to Germany nine months ago.
Fidelis told the BBC Newsbeat that he was stopped "on every
corner" on the opening night of Cologne's annual carnival.
"I am very worried. Police have been checking my papers.
They've asked me Where are you from? Are you from
Africa? Can I see you papers? I'm very embarrassed"
There were protests all over Cologne in January and German
Chancellor Angela Merkel made it easier to make asylum
seekers who commit crimes leave the country. Thirty-five
suspects are being investigated over the attacks with two
men - a Tunisian and a Moroccan - charged.
Fideleis who worked at a bar in Libya, says he loves living in
Germany but when he heard what happened on New Year's
Eve - he knew people would treat him differently.
"I was praying to my god. I watched it on the TV station. It
was like something I couldn't expect was happening by
some people who I don't know. I don't know who these
people are."
He thinks people should be more open minded.
"Africans are all different. You see white [people] in Africa
you see black [people]. People need to see this"
Source: BBC Newsbeat
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