WorldDRESDEN, AFP -Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel was greeted on Monday by whistles and shouts of “Get out” after arriving in Dresden -- birthplace of xenophobic movement Pegida -- for German reunification celebrations. The angry crowd in the east German city also waved signs saying “Merkel must go”. The German leader has been under pressure at home over her liberal refugee policy that saw an influx of nearly one million migrants last year. Bomb attacks hit a mosque and an international convention centre in Dresden last week, with police suspecting xenophobic and nationalist motives. In an annual report outlining progress since reunification, the government warned last week that growing xenophobia and right-wing extremism could threaten peace in eastern Germany.

Source: Sunday Times October 03, 2016 13:41 UTC