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This shocking footage shows a huge street fight in a German town as Europe's refugee crisis continues to deepen.

The clip - reportedly shot Friedland in Lower Saxony, home to a refugee camp - shows men punching, kicking and hitting each other with large umbrellas.

Many of the bystanders - some of them children - are dressed in vests and t-shirts in inclement weather and are heard shouting and screaming amid the ugly scenes.

The crowds begin to move and follow the commotion with some people trying to flee the scene, including a man with a pushchair.

The footage was posted on Liveleak by a user who claims the fight was between migrants in Friedland.

The Friedland camp was designed to house around 700 people but is now said to be home to more than 3,000 refugees.

“There is no place to go, no place to sleep,” one man told Euronews. "Yesterday we slept in the restaurant.

"Some people slept outside, some people in the corridor. There is simply no place. It is too crowded.”

The camp was built towards the end of World War II and is the municipality of Göttingen which has a population of 10,000.

Germany has reintroduced temporary controls on its border with Austria in recent days to to cope with the influx of refugees.

Signalling signs of frustration the Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said refugees could "not choose" where they chose to live once they'd made it to Europe.

And has demanded other European nations do more as it was revealed Germany is expecting 800,000 migrants to arrive this year.

The vice-chancellor insisted the country is "at the limit of its capabilities" as more and more people head for Germany after they initially had an open door policy.

Mr de Maiziere visited the Friedland camp last week.