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| German town bans refugees from swimming pool | |
| 2016-01-16 | |
| [dw.com] A town near the German cities of Cologne and Bonn has banned male refugees from the municipal pool after sexual harassment complaints. Tension is high in Germany over immigration and women's rights. A suburb of the German city of Bonn has forbidden adult male refugees from visiting the town's public pool, a city front man announced on Friday. After women at the municipal pool in Bornheim had begun complaining of sexual harassment, said the front man, it was clear that immediate action should be taken to protect the rights of the women. Initially the men, who live in a shelter in Bornheim while they await the results of their asylum applications, were given access to the municipal pool as part of a small package of benefits. Soon, however, women began going to the manager saying the men's behavior was unacceptable. While none of the incidents amounted to anything illegal, the city said it was important first and foremost to make it clear to the men that in Germany, the rights of women are sacrosanct. "Once our social workers tell us that they have got the message, we'll terminate the measure," said Markus Schnapka, head of Bornheim's social welfare office. Germany has been on edge about immigrants and sexual violence since a string of sexual assaults were carried out, many by asylum seekers, in the city of Cologne, which is very close to Bonn, on New Year's Eve. The attacks have sent shockwaves through a country that usually has a great deal of faith its public institutions. The scandal has touched everyone from the Cologne chief of police, who has since stepped down, to the state of North-Rhine Westphalia's regional government, to Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... herself and her open-door policy for refugees. Poll: Germans increasingly skeptical of refugees [dw.com] For the first time, a majority of Germans say the country cannot manage the influx of asylum seekers, compared to 46 in December. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Big Shirley was still trying to snatch Nunzio bald-headed. She was already halfway there... only 37 percent find the crisis manageable.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 An overdose of Political Correctness Chris. May be terminal. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-01-16 12:56 |
| #4 Whats wrong with these ppl. |
| Posted by: chris 2016-01-16 12:14 |
| #3 Why do I get the feeling that the 'sexual harassment' was much more then leering and making comments? It wouldn't be the first time they covered up for the rapefugees. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-01-16 10:01 |
| #2 Will nobody rid us of this Yuletide carol? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-16 09:55 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Creretch3679 2016-01-16 08:43 |