Протести "за" и "против" бежанците в немския град Ерфурт

Several thousand counter-demonstrators marched against an Alternative for Germany (AfD) rally, in Erfurt on Wednesday. A large police presence kept the rival protests apart. Counter-demonstrators held anti-Nazi signs and pro-refugee banners reading "open borders for all." Up to 2,000 AfD supporters held their rally against German Chancellor Angela Merkel's policies towards refugees, in the city's Cathedral Square. Many in the crowd waved the German flag and one protester waved a placard depicting Merkel wearing a hijab. Official figures suggest that 800,000 refugees and migrants will seek asylum in Germany in 2015. However, unofficial figures are talking figures of up to 1,5 million.