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A Culture Clash Threatens European Unity
Open borders in Europe are closing again after reports that migrant men from the Middle East and North Africa sexually abused women on the streets of Cologne and other cities. We look at the consequences for innocent refugees and European unity.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenOpen borders in Europe are closing again after reports that migrant men from the Middle East and North Africa sexually abused women on the streets of Cologne and other cities. We look at the consequences for innocent refugees and European unity.
Later on the program, the Oscar Nominations have been released. We hear about snubs and surprises.
Photo: Members of the Leipzig arm of the anti-Islam movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West hold a placard showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) as they take part in a rally in Leipzig, Germany, January 11, 2016. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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More than 500 complaints of sometimes violent sexual assault have come to light since New Year's Eve in Cologne, Germany. Delayed police reports say women were groped, abused and forced to run a gauntlet. Some of the suspects who have been detained are from North Africa and the Middle East.
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