Undersecretary for European
Affairs Sandro Gozi on Friday said that migrants who come to the
European Union must respect its shared values or risk expulsion,
responding to the reports of attacks on New Year's Eve in
Cologne which German police on Tuesday said were committed by
men of "Arab or North African appearance".
"Here, the Quran comes after the Constitution, here women
are equal to men and aren't imprisoned inside a burqa," Gozi
said.
"These are the values that must be respected by those who
want to come here. Those who don't respect them must be
expelled," he said.
"Those responsible for the horrendous crimes in Cologne are
unworthy of being a part of our community".
The number of victims who have reported crimes or attacks
from New Year's Eve in Cologne has risen to 200, said the online
version of German daily Spiegel on Friday, adding that "many of
the reports are of sexual molestation".
German police on Friday identified 31 suspects in the
crimes and released their nationalities, adding that 18 of them
are asylum seekers.
Police said the suspects are nine Algerians, eight
Moroccans, four Syrians, five Iranians, one Iraqi, one Serbian,
one American, and two Germans.
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