A gaggle of migrant college students within the German state of Brandenburg was compelled to cancel a discipline journey after being threatened by far-right supporters, training authorities mentioned Monday.
Berlin’s Education Minister Katharina Gunther-Wunsch mentioned the scholars from the Lina Morgenstern School safely returned to the town, they usually have been provided psychological assist after the racist incident.
“I would like to thank the school administration, and the teachers who were with the students, and took the right decisions there,” she mentioned in an announcement.
According to the BZ newspaper, round 20 college students aged between 15 and 16, have been on a examine journey with their lecturers when the racist incident occurred at a campsite close to the Frauensee lake.
A gaggle of right-wing extremists on the tenting space first shouted racist slurs towards the scholars, and later threatened them with violence, and a few of them additionally tried to interrupt into the hostel the scholars have been staying, in line with the report.
The lecturers needed to cancel the examine journey for the protection of the scholars, they usually all left the campsite with police escorts on Saturday night time.
Germany has witnessed rising racism in recent times, fueled by the propaganda of far-right teams and events, which have exploited the refugee disaster and tried to stoke worry of immigrants.
Neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists carried out not less than 1,138 violent assaults final 12 months. At least 478 folks have been injured in these assaults, in line with official figures.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
