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The mass protests comes one year after 1,310 individuals said they were victims of crime in Cologne city centre on New Year Eve's - with 662 claiming they had been sexually assaulted and 28 saying they had been raped. Police reported men of “Arab or North African” appearance had ganged up and surrounded women on the streets as 2016 began, harassing and in some cases attacking them.

GETTY More than 1,000 people say they were victims of the Cologne attacks

Some victims were even robbed during the horrific night as chaos ensued across the country. Now German police will face another work-intensive weekend as thousands plan to take to the streets against the attacks - and against the country’s controversial immigration policy.

GETTY The sex attacks took place as German saw in 2016 on New Years Eve

GETTY Thousands attended this year's celebration under heightened security

Right-wing activist Ester Seitz announced around 400 people will attend a demonstration near the central station this Saturday. Called "One year after Cologne's New Year's Eve pogrom - no forgiveness, no forgetting”, the demo aims to hit out at Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open door immigration policy - which has seen more than a million refugees flood the borders as Europe struggles to deal woth the migrant crisis. Participants will walk through the city centre with several separate rallies planned between 2pm to 7pm, as the procession moves from the Dompropst-Ketzer street to the Neumarkt and back.

Cologne: Sex Attacks and Robberies Tue, January 12, 2016 Thirty-one suspects, including 18 asylum seekers, are under investigation over offences including sexual assault and theft in Cologne on New Year's Eve. Far right protestors in Lepzig have rallied against refugees and German chancellor Angela Merkel. Play slideshow Reuters•Getty 1 of 22 Protestors in Lepzig rally after over 100 women were sexually assualted on New Year's Eve

But it’s not the only protest planned in the area this weekend. The alliances "Cologne puts its foot down" and "Cologne against right" have called for a joint counter-demonstration, which is to take place from noon to 8pm. At 1.30pm, Bundestag representatives Volker Beck from the Green Party and Matthias Birkwald from The Left Party will be speaking at the square in front of the central station.

GETTY A total of 28 people said they had been raped

Right-wingers are yet again trying to exploit the suffering of the victims of criminal acts for their racist agenda. Cologne against Right

A spokesman from Cologne against Right said: ”Right-wingers are yet again trying to exploit the suffering of the victims of criminal acts for their racist agenda.” The statement also claimed the right-wing groups were "mocking the victims of national socialism" with their motto for the demonstration.

GETTY The attacks sparked multiple riots across Germany against immigration