"People who have fled their home country and seek protection in Germany have the right to expect safe shelter," it read. That breaks down to an average of seven attacks a day on asylum seekers. Additionally, there were 988 instances of housing for refugees and asylum seekers being targeted last year, the ministry said, including arson attacks. The sharp rise in hate crimes came after Germany took in some 890,000 asylum seekers in 2015 at the height of Europe's refugee crisis. In another case that shocked Germany, dozens of onlookers cheered and applauded as an asylum shelter was set alight in the eastern city of Bautzen last February.

Source: The Local February 27, 2017 08:26 UTC