German neo-Nazi protesters clash with police at new migrant shelter
Two consecutive nights of violence force police to seal off shelter near Dresden as Germany prepares for biggest influx of asylum seekers since second world war
Neo-Nazi protesters clash with police near a new shelter for migrants in Heidenau. Photograph: Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images
Asylum seekers stand on the steps of the new shelter in Heidenau, set up in a disused DIY store. Photograph: Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images
Neo-Nazi protesters gathered to demonstrate against the arrival of migrants at a newly opened shelter in eastern Germany have clashed violently with police in a sign of growing tension over the record influx of asylum seekers expected this year.
The two consecutive nights of violence over the weekend came at the end of a week in which the interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, said Germany could expect to receive as many as 800,000 asylum seekers in 2015, the biggest influx since the second world war.
