The number of sexual assaults committed by migrants living in Austria rose by a staggering 133 per cent in 2016, figures obtained by The Freedom Party of Austria from the Ministry of the Interior have revealed.
Austrian interior minister Wolfgang Sobotka said the chilling increase was deeply worrying, as it was a sharp rise on last year when 39 migrants were identified as suspects.
By September, at least 91 refugees had been confirmed as suspects in sexual assaults.
The majority of suspects were originally from Afghanistan - which had an increase from 16 to 47 suspects within one year.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, a further 438 Austrians were involved in other sexual assaults.