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German Right-Wing Group Protests Against Immigration on Top of Brandenburg Gate

© AP Photo / John MacDougall/Pool Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate
Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate - Sputnik International
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Up to nine members of the far-right Identitarian Movement group mounted on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Saturday to hold protest against influx of migrants to the country, Der Tagesspiegel newspaper reported, citing police.

Supporters of the anti-Islam movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) hold posters depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a demonstration in Dresden, Germany, February 6, 2016 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The activists unrolled a banner of the group and distributed leaflets calling to stop Islamization of Germany.

Participants of the protest action were identified by police and face charges of inciting ethnic hatred and violating the German constitution, the media outlet added.

Over 1.1 million migrants and refugees entered Germany in 2015 after Europe was hit by a flow of mostly Middle Eastern and North African refugees fleeing war and poverty in their home countries.

A wave of anti-migration sentiments surged in Germany after hundreds of women in Cologne and other cities across the country were robbed and sexually assaulted by groups of aggressive men, believed to be mostly of Arab and North African origin, on New Year's Eve in 2015.

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