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Germany condemns 'deeply shameful' protests against migrants
The ultra-right is getting dangerously bold.
About 100 people in the Saxony town of Clausnitz on Thursday shouted "we are the people" and tried to block the bus carrying about 20 asylum seekers.
Video footage showing terrified migrants crying caused outrage.
"How cold-hearted and cowardly one must be to stand in front of a bus with refugees and shout with the aim of frightening the passengers, including women and children," Mr Seibert said.
Two days after the protest in Clausnitz, a shelter for asylum-seekers was set alight in Bautzen while onlookers applauded.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35633471
This is a lot like American racist teahadists blocking busses full of refugee children a few years ago:
On Tuesday afternoon, a swell of anti-immigrant protesters prevented three buses carrying undocumented immigrants from driving to a Border Patrol processing facility in Murrieta, California, a small town less than two hours away from Los Angeles. Waving the American flag and shouting “USA,” Take them away from here,” and “America, stand your ground,” demonstrators refused to leave the roadway, forcing bus drivers to transfer the immigrants to another facility in San Diego county.
Organizers from the anti-immigration group We the People Rising shouted, “Nobody wants you. You’re not welcome. Go home.” One protester shouted, “Turn around and go back,” “Vamanos. You’re in contempt of Congress…. criminals. Go home. We have no money for you.” Another protester approached a tan police officer who tried to hold back the crowd, saying, “Can you take the day off for me, boss? These are your kids too, man.”
About 140 undocumented immigrant detainees, including migrant families like mothers with small children, were en route to the Murrieta facility to be processed for “supervised release … pending appearances in immigration court,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2014/07/02/3455678/protesters-block-families-children-buses/