Serial crime: African migrants arrested eleven times - what now?

Serial crime: African migrants arrested eleven times - what now?

An illegal migrant from West Africa causes excitement in Germany: Between January 21 and February 2, he was arrested eleven times. On a single day, the police even took him in custody twice. According to media reports, he is accused of having committed up to 50 crimes. Despite these repeated arrests, the man was released every time, which led to the criticism of the domestic spokesman for the AfD parliamentary group in Lower Saxony, Stephan Bothe.

Bothe commented concerns about the handling of the Lüneburg police with the man and asked the question of why people who are subject to departure will quickly be released on the general public. He fears that the man could become potentially violent during his release. Bothe sees the cause of this procedure in a "left -wing policy of the perpetrator protection". The current interior minister of Lower Saxony, Daniela Behrens, belongs to the SPD.

crime rate among migrants

The discussion about the crime of migrants is not new in Germany. A small part of the migrants are punishable, but overall they are more likely to be noticeable with crimes than non -migrants. This can be explained by social and demographic factors such as age and gender composition as well as stressful living conditions, as the Federal Center for Political Education reports. Adult migrants with access to the labor market, on the other hand, are much less common.

Violent crimes among refugees are often the result of conflicts in shared accommodation and precarious living conditions. Studies show that the frequency of crime among young people from migrant families is declining, which indicates that immigrants, especially war refugees, are often not in the foreground in the crime rate.

distorted perception in public

The connection between migration and crime has not increased significantly in the past 20 years. In Germany, the number of acts of violence dropped by 15%between 2005 and 2019, although the proportion of foreigners increased significantly in the population. In 2024, around 41.8% of the suspects were foreign in the police crime statistics, although 35.4% of suspects were also foreign origin in crimes without violations of foreign law. Despite these figures, research data show that foreigners are more often displayed and checked, which leads to distorted perception.

The crime rate is also heavily dependent on socio -economic factors. Migrants are disproportionately affected by poor social, financial conditions and their own violent experiences, which increases their risk of criminal behavior. This means that a large part of the reporting on criminal offenses does not reflect the actual conditions and thus give a distorted impression of reality.

Overall, the task of promoting the integration of migrants through access to education and the labor market is crucial to prevent future crime and to strengthen social cohesion in society.

Further information on the topic can be found in the detailed reports of the Exxpress href = "https://www.bpb.de/themen/inne-sicherheit/dossier-inereicherheit/301624/migration-und-kriminalitaet-er-und-neuere- developments/"> Federal Center for Political Education and the Media service integration .