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Anti-Refugee Sentiment in Germany Rooted in Country's Problem with Racism

© AP Photo / Jens MeyerPeople take part at a demonstration initiated by right-wing NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) against the German asylum law and asylum seekers in Riesa, eastern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015
People take part at a demonstration initiated by right-wing NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) against the German asylum law and asylum seekers in Riesa, eastern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Henning Obenf, a spokesman for the Nazifrei movement, said that the movement against refugees is growing in Germany.

People hold a placard reading Traitor as German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after her visit to an asylum seekers accomodation facility in the eastern German town of Heidenau near Dresden, August 26, 2015 where last week more than 30 police were injured in clashes, when a mob of several hundred people pelted officers with bottles and fireworks - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik), Daria Chernyshova — The root of the recent anti-refugee protests and attacks in Germany lies in the problem the country has with racism, which is growing now as more asylum-seekers come to the country, a spokesman for the Nazifrei movement told Sputnik Friday.

“I think Germany has a problem with racism. Actually at the moment it is growing, the movement against refugees is growing, especially here in Saxony,” Henning Obenf said.

On Friday, the Nazifrei movement is holding a refugee-welcoming festival in the city of Heidenau, which was the scene of anti-migrant protests over the weekend.

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“Here in Saxony there is a wrong meaning of tolerance against racism and right-wing opportunities,” Obenf said at the welcoming festival.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the new refugee center in Heidenau on Thursday, where she said there is "no tolerance" for hatred.

Germany is one of several European countries reeling from the ongoing migrant crisis, as hundreds of thousands of people flee their homelands in the Middle East and North and Sub-Saharan Africa in the hope of finding refuge in the European Union.

Amid the massive refugee influx, the country is witnessing a wave of anti-immigration protests.

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