Berlin, Mar 16 (AP) The German government said Wednesday that it would seek to ensure refugees fleeing conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere don't become victims of crime following a reported rape case that triggered a public outcry.

Authorities in the western city of Duesseldorf confirmed that a young woman who was housed on a hotel boat on the Rhine river was allegedly sexually assaulted by two men earlier this month.

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Antonia Massenberg of the Duesseldorf prosecutors office said that both suspects are in detention but declined to confirm German media reports that the victim is an 18-year-old Ukrainian, citing privacy reasons.

Sascha Lawrenz , a spokeswoman for Germany's Interior Ministry, told reporters in Berlin that authorities are “working to ensure that people who seek shelter here are able to get it.”

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Germany has so far registered more than 160,000 refugees arriving from Ukraine in the past month, many of them women, children and elderly people. (AP)

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