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Swiss police stop far-right Austrian politician speaking at event

    A far-right Austrian politician was stopped by the police from speaking at an event in the Swiss canton of Aargau on Saturday after the organisers didn't comply with a police request for the event to be cancelled. Martin Sellner, leader of the Identitarian Movement – classified in 2019 by Germany's domestic intelligence service as an extreme right-wing group in a sign of official concern about radicals with anti-Islamic and racist views – had travelled to Tegerfelden to present at the event organized by a Swiss group called "Junge Tat" (Young Deed). Sellner had planned to speak on "remigration", a concept whereby some immigrants could be forced to leave – even if they have citizenship.

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