thu 14 jan 2016, 18:34

Carnival parade called off in Rheinberg

RHEINBERG –

The vluchtelingencrisis affects the celebration of carnival in Germany. The place Rheinberg, near Duisburg, for fear of problems as in Cologne the carnival parade called off, reported German media on Thursday. It is the first city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that the carnival does.

Grote groepen Arabisch ogende mannen zorgen op oudejaarsavond voor een grimmige sfeer op het plein vlakbij de Dom en het Hauptbahnhof in Keulen. Tijdens de drukke nieuwjaarsnacht randden ze daar tientallen vrouwen aan.

Large groups of Arabic-looking men make on new year’s eve for a grim atmosphere at the square near the Dom and the Hauptbahnhof in Cologne. During the busy new year’s night, randden they are there dozens of women.

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The municipality and the chairman of the carnival society, Paul Holt, fear that it can not be excluded that situations occur such as on new year’s eve in Cologne, the largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia. The parade is cancelled because according to Holt not enough time for the by the municipality in terms of safety measures to comply. Close to Rheinberg stands in the centre, and the city fears a visit from “probleemgroepen” during the carnival celebration.

Around the new year, especially young people from abroad or are of foreign origin on a large scale, women taunted, groped and robbed in the station of Cologne. The extent of these crimes and the helplessness of the police, the country shocked.