SEXUAL offences carried out by migrants in Germany have doubled in the past year, new statistics show.

German authorities have released a report that shows 3,304 sex attacks involved migrants last year.

A new study by German officials says sex attacks by migrants in the country have doubled over the past year. The light blue represents sex attacks carried out by migrants, with the dark blue representing the total number of attacks in Germany

3 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure as her country tries to cope with an influx of refugees Credit: AP:Associated Press

It compares to 1,683 sex crimes that were carried out in 2015, the government study said.

Crimes ranges from sexual assault to rape.

Of 37,442 sex crimes committed in Germany last year, just over nine per cent were carried out by migrants.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel has overseen a wave of immigration in recent years as Germany attempts to ease the migrant crisis.

More than a million asylum seekers fled to Europe's largest economy with Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis forming the bulk of those welcomed in.

But the wave of migration has created friction around the country.

Most notably 1,200 women were sexually assaulted by a group of around 2,000 men in Cologne on New Year's Eve 2016.

3 Police have been forced to make a series of arrests. Here, a stock file, shows a Syrian man accused of smuggling migrants from Austria to Germany being detained Credit: AP:Associated Press

3 Police presence was ramped up in Cologne last New Year's Ever following a spate of sexual assaults a year earlier Credit: Getty Images

The majority of those involved are believed to have been recent migrants to the country.

Similar incident took place around Germany with Hamburg, Stuttgart and Dortmund also hit by the wave of assaults.

At the time, Merkel said: "The events of New Year’s Eve have dramatically exposed the challenge we’re facing, revealing a new facet that we haven’t yet seen.

"We have to protect the many law-abiding refugees that have sought safety and refuge with us.

"But against foreign criminals we have to be very determined.”

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