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Angela Merkel said Monday night that Europe had lost control of the refugee crisis, as she confronts public anger over the New Year’s Eve sex attacks in Cologne.

“All of a sudden we are facing the challenge that refugees are coming to Europe and we are vulnerable, as we see, because we do not yet have the order, the control that we would like to have,” the chancellor told a meeting of business leaders.

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Her comments came after authorities in Cologne confirmed for the first time that the attacks were “almost exclusively” carried out by men “of an immigrant background.”

Police have identified 19 suspects so far, including 10 who are in the country as registered asylum seekers.

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There are growing fears of a backlash against immigrants after 11 people were badly beaten in apparent revenge attacks in Cologne. Monday night, rioting reportedly broke out among far-Right protesters in Leipzig, where a march by the city’s branch of the anti-Islam movement Pegida was taking place.