The swimming pool in Bornheim, Germany made headlines worldwide last week when it banned migrant males from their waters, but just days later they have buckled under pressure to lift the ban. The decision to re-admit migrants from a nearby camp comes despite reports of incidents across the country, including one of children being sexually assaulted on Saturday, just 24 hours before the announcement was made. While the local authority who run the pool were expected to make an announcement on the future of the ban on Monday, they went ahead and declared the pool would re-open from this Wednesday (21st January). A spokesman for the pool “hopes there will be no more sexual harrasment”, reports Rheinische Post. While the company had originally declared their intention to keep the ban in place until the newly arrived migrants in the area had “got the message” about sex abuse and had learnt their lesson, there had been strong criticism and pressure to lift the restriction. The director of the North Rhine-Westphalia Refugee Council was one who criticised the decision, calling it discriminatory. Others, including the German Society for Bathing have pointed out the ban was legally questionable and could result in the pool