Honestly, at this point I just feel like people are saying there‚Äôs a refugee rape problem unless proven otherwise. Regardless of whether you think the article has shortcomings or not, I don‚Äôt think we should assume that in the absence of evidence there‚Äôs a refugee rape problem. This sort of claim requires positive proof, since we cannot prove a negative. The German government publishes police statistics on sexual assault, and its just not happening. The rightwing narrative is that liberals are in a conspiracy to cover it up, but that kind of extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof.