(AFP) With Germany reeling from another deadly knife attack by a migrant suspect, experts warned that the inability of asylum seekers to access mental health services has added to their existing vulnerabilities.
Wednesday’s stabbing in Aschaffenburg, which claimed the lives of a man and a two-year-old boy, is the latest in a series of high-profile violent crimes committed by asylum seekers that have fuelled a bitter debate over immigration.
With national elections coming up on February 23, both Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats and the opposition conservatives have promised a new asylum crackdown in response to the events in Aschaffenburg.
The hardline response of politicians, however, risks overlooking the difficult questions raised about the support offered to asylum seekers, experts said.
