German authorities have come under fire after a video emerged showing a Muslim migrant child being forcibly removed from his family. The video, which went viral on social media, showed police and the Child Protection Agency entering a house and forcibly taking a small child.
Police in Bremerhaven issued an explanatory statement on Saturday, saying that the allegations circulating about why the child was taken were "false allegations" and called for them to stop. According to German local reports, the past two years have seen an increase in the number of migrant children in particular, who are placed in care homes.