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Potsdam (dpa / bb) - In the first three quarters of this year there were 160 attacks on refugees and their accommodation in Brandenburg, according to preliminary information from the Interior Ministry.

That is a decrease of 58 criminal offenses compared to the same period last year, as can be seen from the answers of the Interior Ministry to inquiries from the left-wing parliamentarian Andrea Johlige.

However, this year's information does not yet contain the late reports from the police statistics for the third quarter.

In all of 2019, the police registered 268 attacks on refugees and refugee shelters.

In the previous year there were 241.

The number of racially motivated crimes also fell in the first three quarters of this year compared to the previous year's quarters from 187 to 71. However, the late reports for the third quarter of 2020 are again missing in this comparison. In the previous year, the total number of racist crimes was 210 up from 154 in 2018.

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In the first nine months of this year, according to preliminary data, the police recorded 27 bodily injuries to refugees.

That is eleven fewer cases compared to the same period last year.

The total last year was 50.

The propaganda offenses have also declined significantly.

According to police statistics, 64 crimes occurred in the first nine months of this year, 106 in the same period last year and 123 in the entire previous year. A new state parliament was elected in Brandenburg last year.

Experience shows that the election campaign is the reason for frequent propaganda offenses.

Johlige was relieved by the decline in criminal offenses, but warned against hasty conclusions.

“It remains to be seen whether this is a special effect due to the corona-related restrictions.

Therefore, there is no reason to give the all-clear for the time being, especially since we always have to make it clear to ourselves that every single crime has psychological consequences for those affected. "

It is still important to create a "culture of looking" and to outlaw racist crimes.

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