Two asylum seekers have been charged with molesting five girls between the ages of 12 to 14 at a German swimming pool.

A local police report from the Ratzeburg force states the suspects were two 'southern-looking' men who molested them under the water.

The men are 23 and 34 years old and are said to be asylum seekers living in Bad Oldesloe in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein.

The town centre of Bad Oldesloe, where the two men were said to be living as refugees

A flyer containing bathing rules seen in a swimming pool in Munich, Germany, pointing out women may not be sexually harassed

The men are 23 and 34 years old and living in Bad Oldesloe (pictutured) in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstei

The incident was reported to the lifeguards, according to the report, who kicked them out of the pool before calling the police.

It is not the first problem at swimming pools in the area.

Last year, a secret police document was leaked in Duesseldorf voicing the 'grave concern' of police chiefs about soaring sex crimes carried out by refugees at public swimming baths.

A month later, the professional swimming association in Germany wanted to reduce escalating sex attacks by refugees at public baths by training migrants to become pool lifeguards.

The Federal Association of German Swimming Professionals (BDS) said in July it would be 'an inclusive measure that would benefit everyone'.

There were several reports of rape and other sex attacks committed against women and children at public pools both in Germany and neighbouring Austria last year.

Many municipalities, including Munich, displayed charts in numerous languages aiming to teach migrants to respect women and children at the local pool.