Nafris

{{Short description|Term used by the German police since 2013}}

{{For|the Papuan language of Indonesia|Nafri language}}

Nafri is a term that has been used internally by the German police since 2013 to refer to young men of a North African origin.{{Cite web|date=2017-01-02|title=Cologne police get support for New Year's focus on 'Nafris'|url=https://apnews.com/article/383916409b0a40318b47b85f25343a3b|access-date=2021-04-07|website=AP NEWS}} It is an abbreviation of "{{lang|de|Nordafrikanischer Intensivtäter}}" ("North African serial offender").{{Cite news|last=Kirschbaum|first=Erik|date=2017-01-03|title=Debate over race and policing roils start of German election year|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-election-idUSKBN14N17O|access-date=2021-04-07}}

The term received media attention in 2017 when police in Cologne, who tried to avoid a repeat of the mass sexual assaults in the city, were accused of racial profiling and degrading North Africans by referring to them as Nafris.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38488854 Cologne police 'right to target North Africans' at new year, Retrieved January 3, 2017][https://www.thelocal.de/20170104/young-uprooted-and-unpredictable-germanys-nafri-scene Young, uprooted and unpredictable: Germany's 'Nafri scene'], The Local Retrieved January 6, 2017[https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/german-police-accused-of-racism-for-calling-migrants-nafris-b9vhwbrv8 German police accused of racism for calling migrants Nafris], The Times, Retrieved January 3, 2017{{cite web|title=Silvesternacht in Köln – ein sicherheitspolitischer Tiefpunkt|periodical=Rp-online.de|url=http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/koelner-silvesternacht-boeses-neues-aid-1.6489702|access-date=2017-01-02|date=2016-12-28|language=de}}Anant Agarwala: [http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-01/koeln-nordafrikaner-kriminialitaet-polizei Kölns schwerer Kampf gegen die „Nafri“-Kriminellen]. , January 15, 2016, Retrieved: January 3, 2017.