After keeping a studied silence about the anti-migrant violence in eastern Germany the past week, Angela Merkel went to visit this town near Dresden on Wednesday to show her sympathy with the asylum seekers. The locals gave her a rough reception, indicating that her open-door policy on immigration is running into stern resistance.
"Politicians, lowlifes!" yelled one man among the booing crowd when the normally popular German chancellor descended from her limousine and turned to wave -- from a safe distance -- to locals in Heidenau, the scene of protests against asylum seekers last week that turned violent. "There’s money for everything, but not for your own people," came another angry shout.
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