More than 200 attacks on refugees in Germany in Q4, data shows
Attacks on refugees continue unabated in Germany, with 204 crimes recorded in the fourth quarter of 2025 outside refugee shelters, according to data released by the Interior Ministry on Friday.
The information was requested from a politician from the Left party and was first reported by the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper. The data was made available to the dpa.
Of these 204, 32 were violent crimes while another 33 were politically motivated crimes directed against refugee shelters, including arson. Data showed that 25 people were injured, including a child.
The figures are not complete because many crimes are only included in the statistics with a delay, the report notes.
“Attacks on refugees have been part of everyday life in Germany for years,” Clara Bünger, the politician who requested the information, told the newspaper.
People who come here in search of a safe and dignified life are harassed, intimidated, threatened and even physically attacked.
“We must never get used to these conditions,” she warned. Perpetrators must be criminally prosecuted, she said, but better protection is needed for refugees.
