Kiel city police stopped prosecuting and recording many migrant crimes three months ago, according to a leaked internal document splashed by a local newspaper this morning. Senior officers in the local police moved with speed today to deny the accuracy of the document, calling a press conference just hours after the document was published by Kieler Nachrichten this morning. The internal minutes, dated October 7th 2015 outlined the details of a “collective discussion” on dealing with “criminal migrants” who were found to have no identification documents. The group discussed the difficulty of prosecuting crimes committed by migrants who had arrived in Germany without identification documents, and who in some cases hadn’t even been registered with the authorities, and so technically didn’t exist in German society. According to the leaked document, the group concluded there were “problems in police practice” and if identity could not be established “in a timely manner” simple crimes such as shoplifting and criminal damage wouldn’t be recorded or prosecuted. In effect, the decision gave many newly arrived migrants in the city impunity to steal “without penalty”. Even in cases of more serious crimes such as serious theft or violence against another person officers pursuing the suspect was not