Racism in Germany

Victims of the 1993 Solingen arson attack, in which five Turks lost their lives in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia State, have been commemorated with an event attended by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Turkish envoy to Germany said racism is still a big threat in Germany on the 27th anniversary of a racist attack in Solingen which saw the killing of five members of a Turkish family.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ali Kemal Aydın said the pain caused by the racist attack that ultimately killed five Turks including three children is still alive in the hearts of the Turkish community.

Turkey on May 29 remembered the victims of a 1993 racist arson attack in Germany which killed five girls and women of Turkish descent.

German civil rights groups are mobilizing against the newly elected far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and other more hardline groups, vowing to avert the even stronger rightward lurch seen in neighboring countries, Reuters reports.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry has shared a message to remember the victims of the 1993 Solingen arson attack, one of the most violent neo-Nazi attacks targeting Turks in Germany, urging politicians and members of the press abroad to work to prevent similar attacks.        

Dresden, Germany (dpa) - Thousands of supporters of the anti-migrant organization Pegida gathered in the east German city of Dresden to celebrate the second anniversary of the group's founding Sunday.

According to the research group Durchgezaehlt, between 6500 and 8500 people gathered at Dresden's Theaterplatz, with several hundred counterdemonstrators protesting some distance away.

Shocked German officials on Feb. 22 condemned two "disgusting" incidents involving anti-migrant mobs in the ex-communist east of the country, including a crowd cheering a blaze at a planned refugee shelter.

Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance has slumped to its lowest since July 2002 as opposition over her liberal refugee policy grows, a survey showed on Jan. 31, while a right-wing populist party polled a record high.

An anti-refugee demonstration which was held at the German city of Leipz went out of control when hundreds of far-right protesters started vandalizing shops and setting cars on fire.

A group of Pakistanis and a Syrian were violently attacked by about 20 unknown assailants late on Jan. 10 in the German city of Cologne, police said.