Participants hold German national flags during a demonstration called by anti-immigration group PEGIDA, a German abbreviation for “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West”, in Dresden

Participants hold German national flags during a demonstration called by anti-immigration group PEGIDA, a German abbreviation for “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West”, in Dresden December 22, 2014. Several thousands opponents of Germany’s policy towards asylum seekers and Islam are expected to attend the protest in the eastern German town on Monday. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)