Germany Dispatch: 'Their thinking has no support here'

MEE's Mary Atkinson is in traveling around northwestern Germany today talking to locals about the influx of refugees and migrants arriving in their country. 

In Oer Erkenschwick, a town which came into the spotlight recently when locals were seen warmly welcoming Syrians in a video that went viral, 34-year-old Stefan told her what happened when far-right supporters planned a demonstration there last week.

"They cancelled at the last minute, but the counter-demonstartion went ahead. There were 1,000 people there. The population of this town is only 30,000, but people came from the surrounding towns, too. The whole square was completely full. We have to show them that their thinking has no support here."