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Women refugees at risk of sexual assault in Berlin shelters
By:
Pascale Müller
Daria Sukharchuck
Yasmin Polat
BERLIN, 10 May 2017
A six-month IRIN investigation into Berlin shelters reveals that female refugees in Germany have grossly inadequate protection from sexual and gender-based violence. Minimum standards are not legally binding and rarely enforced or monitored, while dozens of women interviewed said they had experienced sexual harassment, a lack of support, and reported living in fear of being assaulted.
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