The German government has condemned the latest outbreak of far-right, anti-migrant sentiment in the country as “shameful”.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Szenen in #Clausnitz zutiefst beschämend. Viele Menschen zeigen täglich: Unser Land ist anders. pic.twitter.com/1fPplUTTHr— Steffen Seibert (@RegSprecher) February 22, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> Last week, angry protesters surrounded a bus full of refugees arriving at a refugee centre in the town of Clausnitz.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> The atmosphere was intimidating. <br /><br /> One young boy could clearly be seen in tears as he climbed down the steps.<br /><br /> The spokesman for Angela Merkel, Steffen Siebert, says what happened is “shameful”<br /><br /> “You have to be really cold-hearted and cowardly to plant yourself in front of a bus full of refugees and shout and swear at them.”<br /><br /> “It is reassuring that there are so many people in this region and in Germany as a whole who show day-to-day that this country is not like that.”<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Bautzen fire<br /> <br /><br /> Onlookers cheer as fire burns migrant shelter in Germany https://t.co/XmarANGw8x— TIME.com (@TIME) February 22, 2016<br /> Spectators cheered as a building in eastern Germany meant to house migrants burned https://t.co/tQ1qAUKQcx pic.twitter.com/N7MXoazT5G— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) February 22, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> The incident in Clausnitz is not an isolated one in Germany.<br /><br /> A refugee shelter in the town of Bautzen was burned to the ground a few hours before in the eastern state of Saxony.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Support for far-right<br /> <br /><br /> Frauke #Petry gibt Flüchtlingen Mitschuld an Eskalation in #Clausnitz https://t.co/pwZPy4VJ3z #AfD pic.twitter.com/6gxkfIWfir— Der Tagesspiegel (@tagesspiegel) February 22, 2016<br /> There is concern about the rise of extremism in Germany.<br /><br /> The AFD Party, led by Frauke Petry, has 17% support ahead of regional elections in Sachsen-Anhalt in March.<br /> <br /><br /> In numbers<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Records show acts of extreme-right violence doubled in 2015 compared to 2014<br /> In 2014, half of those committed were in the former East Germany<br /> 231 offences reported in 2016, 47 in Saxonyانتشار یک ویدیو از تجمع پنجشنبه شب مخالفان حضور پناهجویان در ایالت ساکسونی (زاکسن) آلمان در رسانه ها و فضای... <br /> <br />Власти Германии осудили антимигрантские выступления в городе Клауснице (федеральная земля Саксония) на... <br /> <br />دانت الحكومة الألمانية الاثنين الأحداث المناهضة للاجئين التي جرت مؤخراً في مقاطعة ساكسونيا شرق ألمانيا... <br /> <br />The German government has condemned the latest outbreak of far-right, anti-migrant sentiment in the country as "shameful". Szenen in #Clausnitz zutiefst ... <br /> <br />Simon Kent of Breitbart London talks to Ezra Levant about the self-censoring German media. Few of that nation's outlets are willing to confront Merkel on her ...
