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Far-right protesters march in Berlin

Far-right protesters have marched through Berlin calling for Angela Merkel to be removed over her decision to allow large numbers of migrants into Germany.

Counter-demonstrators hold a banner with words Gemeinsam gegen Nazis

Far-right protesters have marched through Berlin calling for Angela Merkel to be removed. (AAP)

Hundreds of far-right protesters have marched through Berlin calling for Chancellor Angela Merkel to be removed from office.

Police accompanied the protest through the German capital's former Jewish district, at one point forcibly removing a blockade staged by far-left counter-demonstrators.

The protest began at the city's main train station, where speakers criticised the government's decision to allow large numbers of migrants into Germany. A crowd of up to 500 people chanted slogans such as "Merkel must go!"

A Berlin police spokesman says the event passed "relatively peacefully" apart from a few attempts by counter-protesters to break through police lines.

About 200 far-right protesters reached Alexanderplatz Square in the city on Saturday evening.


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