Scuffles broke out between riot police and hundreds of anti-fascist demonstrators in central Vienna on Saturday following a official police ban on a planned city-centre rally by the far-right Identitarian Movement of Austria. Protesters carrying banners reading "No Place for Nazis!" and "You Must Fight Fascism" gathered at Stephansplatz to oppose the pan-European nationalist group, accusing its leaders of using terms like "remigration" to promote the mass deportation of foreign nationals and citizens. Austrian police deployed helmeted officers in force and detained demonstrators after sit-in protests blocked streets and flares were ignited, highlighting growing social and political tensions over immigration policy across Western Europe.
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