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| Clashes at Germany's Heidenau asylum centre alarm government | |
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| German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has visited an asylum seekers' shelter where dozens of police were hurt in clashes with right-wing demonstrators. | |
| Security was increased at the newly-opened centre in Heidenau near Dresden on Sunday after two nights of protests. | Security was increased at the newly-opened centre in Heidenau near Dresden on Sunday after two nights of protests. |
| Left-wing activists staged a counter-demonstration in the town in Saxony on Sunday evening and clashed with the right-wing protesters. | |
| Germany says it expects up to 800,000 to seek asylum by the end of 2015. | |
| Mr Gabriel said right-wing extremists "shouldn't be given a millimetre of space". | |
| He praised the town's mayor for his courage in speaking out against the violence. | |
| Mr Gabriel was also due to speak to the refugees on Monday and tour the building where they are being lodged, which is in a former DIY store. | |
| About 300 asylum seekers have already arrived at the reception centre, which is due to take 600 people. | |
| German media report that a police "control zone" introduced in the area immediately around the centre on Saturday appears to be working. The violence between left and right-wing groups on Saturday and Sunday nights took place outside this zone. | |
| Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has promised to use "the full force of the law" against those who carry out anti-refugee violence. |