Cologne Attacks Boost Immigrant Foes in Germany

In Germany, polls show support for anti-immigrant political parties have risen since the hundreds of attacks on women in Cologne, apparently by groups of migrants. Sitting in a Cologne café, former English teacher Basheer Alzaalan scrolls through photos on his phone of his escape from Syria. He says Germany has offered sanctuary, and the attacks on New Year’s Eve filled him with anger.   “Germany for the Syrians was some kind of mother, and at the head of that, [Chancellor]...

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