‘Liar, liar’: Merkel heckled by anti-refugee crowd at election rally

‘German Chancellor Angela Merkel was confronted by whistling and screaming protesters during a campaign speech for the second time in a little more than a week. The defiant chancellor told the anti-refugee hecklers Berlin still welcomes asylum-seekers.
Merkel, who is seeking a fourth term as the leader of Germany in the September 24 election, spoke on Saturday to a crowd of 1,500 to 3,000 people in Quedlinburg, a town in Saxony-Anhalt, where she faced angry protesters who yelled and whistled at her during the 30-minute speech.
The demonstrators, who chanted “liar, liar” and “Merkel must go,” with equally critical banners, some with the logo of right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD), said the chancellor’s refugee policy has failed.
Since 2015, when Merkel introduced the ‘open door’ policy, around a million asylum-seekers have arrived in Germany, putting a strain on its social welfare system and sparking a rise in anti-migrant sentiment. AfD has tried to capitalize on the crisis and may win as many as 10 percent of the seats in the upcoming election, according to opinion polls.’
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