Angela Merkel’s government has proposed sweeping changes to Germany’s laws on immigrants that would allow the country to deport minors convicted of serious crimes.
The proposal is part of a tough legal package Berlin has hastily put together in response to public outrage over sex attacks in Cologne on New Year’s eve and widespread concern that asylum seekers from north Africa and the Middle East are among those responsible. The number of women alleging they were molested or robbed in the assaults has risen to more than 550.
Ahead of an emergency Bundestag debate scheduled for today on the Cologne attacks, Ms Merkel vowed that the new rules would be passed “as soon as possible”.
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