A far-right rally has been held in Paris with hundreds of young people taking to the streets to join the demonstration organized by the French anti-immigration Generation Identitaire movement to protest against “islamization.”
The protesters chanted anti-immigration and anti-islamization slogans such as “No to islamization,” “the French are angry”and “Here is our home!” They also burned flares and smoke bombs.
The demonstrators marched peacefully through the streets of the French capital, without any clashes with police reported. They eventually gathered at Place Monge not far from the Natural History Museum, were they staged a rally.
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Paris waving French national flags and holding giant banners with“Generation Identitaire” and “Native Youth” written on them. They also sang the Marseillaise – the French national anthem.
“Between Islamist attacks and migrant invasion, the year 2016 has marked a turning point in the contemporary history of our country. The French have been silent for too long. It is time to show our determination to continue to live on our land, under our laws, our values and with respect to our identity,” the movement said in a statement published on its official website before the event.
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