A German friend of mine moved from her home city over this. She loved Munich and wouldโve lived there her whole life, but the constant threat of sexual assault and gang rape hanging over her head caused her to abandon the city for a more rural area.
It was not just Afghan refugees that were the threat, contra this article. It was mainly a lot of North African men. Due to all the harassment, she went from very supportive of refugees to staunchly opposed to any Islamic/North African asylum-seekers and economic migrants, and I understand that 100%. Gang rape vs. refugees โ well, not hard choice, really!
And before you say, โAh, she was overreacting!โ No. She was hassled on the bus and on the street frequently by these men. It was not some nebulous threat; she realized it was just a matter of time before something far worse happened.
According to liberals, this is all fake. But the facts on the ground are quite different.
(By the way, she is very left-wing, what in America would be called an extreme socialist. She has absolutely nothing to do with the German right-wing parties in any way.)