An alliance of organizations has invited people from across the country to join the demonstration in Rostock, where in 1992 Germany's worst racist attack since World War II took place.
About 3,600 people, according to police, took part in a demonstration against racism in the northern German city of Rostock on Saturday, the anniversary of the riots that broke out there thirty years ago.
Imam-Yonas Doges, a representative of the organizers, called for political change, stressing that the amendment to the stricter asylum legislation has practically abolished the right to asylum. Refugees, civilized, always face social exclusion, they are prevented from participating in society.
He underlined the danger that yesterday's anniversary will simply be an occasion for speeches, wishes, laying of flowers and then people will go home and forget about the issue.
An alliance of organizations invited people from all over Germany to join the mobilization.
In August 1992, neo-Nazis and townspeople had attacked Rostock's central refugee reception facility and an inn where Vietnamese workers were staying, setting fire to the buildings as others watched and cheered.
It was described at the time as the worst racist attack committed in Germany after World War II.
