scott: journalist sheila mysorekar believes what happened on new year's eve has become a political prop. sheila: as a scarecrow to make people afraid basically of what is to come and i think that is utilizing it in a negative way or a political way and it's not something that's happening by chance. it's something i think is also politically orchestrated by the political right. scott: do you feel you're being looked at more closely or scrutinized? >> of course, of course, and i think i would say i'm sure that was their intention and that's they wanted to do this. we need really to talk and work on this issue. we don't need to abuse this topic in the news and control the public attention and just feed them with the wrong information and give them bad pictures and illusion about refugees. scott: but any optics aside, the fears over more attacks are still very real. >> i think when time goes by, maybe it's getting better, but the situation was how it was. you can't change that. scott: and the time to talk has well passed, critics across europe say -- like france's marion le pen. a rising st