Far right: Refugee crisis a 'terrorist invasion’

Far-right parties in Europe have called refugees streaming into the region “terrorists”, a “ticking time bomb”, and a Muslim “invasion” that will bankrupt nations and undermine Europe’s Christian roots.

For now, that has hardly helped their dreams of winning power in elections.

In many countries, they have found themselves out of step with a wave of public compassion for refugees, prompted by images such as that of drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach in August.