It is true. The media passes a contrasting view of Germany where a large majority of the population is welcoming illegal immigrants and that this flux of people are largely of Syrian origin, which is not the case.<p>The situation in Cologne was not isolated to that specific day nor city, but the media portrayed the event as such. And only reported this event after the police department manifested their disapproval for the silencing attempts.<p>Not even public media such as Facebook are safe to share information. It is a hate crime in Germany to participate/comment on such events or display disapproval on any ethnic group.