- Title: GERMANY-RIGHT-WING/PEGIDA Pegida holds anti-Islam rally in Dresden
- Date: 6th October 2015
- Summary: DRESDEN, GERMANY (OCTOBER 5, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING FOR DEMONSTRATION PEOPLE HOLDING PLACARDS VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATION LEAVING GATHERING PLACE HOLDING GERMANY FLAGS, BANNERS AND PLACARDS CAMERA BEING HELD UP (SOUNDBITE) (German) PEGIDA SUPPORTER KARIN NOACK, SAYING: "We want the government to send people that don't belong here away immediately." DEMONS
- Embargoed: 21st October 2015 13:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Sympathisers of the anti-immigration movement PEGIDA gathered in Dresden on Monday (October 5) criticising the German government for ignoring fears of mass Muslim immigration.
The demonstration of PEGIDA, beginning in front of the city's opera house, attracted several thousand people waving flags and holding banners against Islam in Germany.
The police declined to name an estimate of participants but the rapidly growing number of refugees entering Germany in the past months has rejuvenated the ranks of the previously dwindling right wing gatherings.
The rallies of PEGIDA and its local affiliates initially peaked in November and December 2014, spreading rapidly across Germany and but then lost impetus during the following months.
While foreigners are relatively scarce in Dresden and the Saxony region compared to other parts of Germany, Dresden remains to be a hub of rightwing protests in Germany.
The number of asylum-seekers in Germany has surged to an expected one million overall in 2015, and gave rise to criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel spreading into the parties supporting her government. Politicians of both the CDU and the SPD are beginning to call for limits on the numbers of refugees entering the country, entailing strict border controls and a redistribution of refugees among EU member states. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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