Overview

• Four Syrian men accused of harassing eight German girls at the Barbarossabad pool in Gelnhausen were released pending investigation with a ban from the facility.
• The Main-Kinzig-Kreis state prosecutor’s office has opened an active investigation into the alleged sexual harassment.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has suspended family reunification for subsidiarily protected refugees as part of the government’s new migration measures.
• The AfD was first to spotlight the Gelnhausen allegations, with federal chair Alice Weidel leveraging the incident to press for stricter asylum rules.
• Commentators caution that racialized framing distracts from tackling broader issues of sexism and undermines efforts at migrant integration.