German authorities have since said that almost all of the New Year's Eve sex attackers have a "migrant background".
Mrs Phillips said: "There is violence against women and girls that you are describing, a very similar situation to what happened in Cologne could be described on Broad Street in Birmingham every week where women are baited and heckled.
"We have to attack what we perceive as being patriarchal culture coming into any culture that isn’t patriarchal and making sure we tell people not to be like that.
"But we should be careful in this country before we rest on our laurels when two women are murdered every week."
The audience member had asked: "Don’t you think the women in Cologne, and the women who was unfortunately killed in Sweden don’t you think they’re scared as well?"
Simon Caswell, a Birmingham-based engineer, tweeted in response: "Shocking statement from Jess Phillips claiming the attacks in Cologne could be described on Broad St every week. Hurts as a Brummie."
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