MIGRANTS NOT WELCOME
Supporters of the German right-wing movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident) hold up a poster showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a uniform with an Euro-logo-armband as they attend a PEGIDA rally on June 1 in Dresden, Germany. They gather in the dark, wave German flags and vent their fury at foreigners they fear are overrunning their homeland — next week Germany’s anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement turns one year old. AFP PHOTO
Supporters of the German right-wing movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident) hold up a poster showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a uniform with an Euro-logo-armband as they attend a PEGIDA rally on June 1 in Dresden, Germany. They gather in the dark, wave German flags and vent their fury at foreigners they fear are overrunning their homeland — next week Germany’s anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement turns one year old. AFP PHOTO
DRESDEN, Germany: Germany’s PEGIDA movement holds an anti-migrant rally Monday a year on from its formation, highlighting a European backlash towards a massive influx that has heaped pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel.