Germany Has a Nazi Problem. It Also Has a Refugee Problem

On Sunday, two Middle Eastern refugees in the German city of Chemnitz fatally stabbed a native of the city. Demonstrations followed almost immediately, culminating in unruly protests. The next day some 6,000 members of various far-right parties, some of whom had traveled across the country for the occasion, gathered in Chemnitz; the police arrested ten for making Nazi salutes. While the German media and mainstream politicians make much of the growing popularity of the far right, notes Bill Wirtz, they are extremely reluctant even to discuss the problem of crime among refugees, not to mention other issues relating to their integration.