THEN AND NOW:

November 2015: German nightclub owners accused of racism and branded ‘Nazi pigs’ after they ban refugees in order to protect female customers.

January 2016: German leisure centre becomes the first to ban all migrants after a schoolgirl was sexually assaulted in a public swimming pool by Syrian teenagers

Related: Report: Cologne attackers were of migrant origin.

The men suspected of attacking women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve were “almost exclusively” from a migration background, mainly North African and Arab, an official report says.

Cologne police also made “serious mistakes” in not calling reinforcements and the way they informed the public.

More than 500 criminal complaints were filed, 40% alleging sexual assault.