GETTY Massive fights have broken out in an asylum centre in Germany, as well as in Itlay

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A man was stabbed in the face during a fight in a migrant camp in the northern German harbour city of Hamburg. Police were called to the scene in the Stellingen neighbourhood after the bust-up between two Iranians. A 37-year-old man stabbed a 24-year-old before 25 patrol cars were called to the scene.

GETTY Security staff are employed at some asylum centres after unrest

GETTY Migrants have fought in asylum centres causing police to be called out

While on scene police were informed of another incident in a different part of the centre. As officers entered the room they were immediately attacked by four Iranian men aged between 21 and 29 years who hit them with a chair and a hairdryer. The police used pepper spray and batons to beat back and arrest their attackers. Two officers were injured in the fight.

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In another incident, in the town of Simbach in Bavaria, the police had to break up a massive fight between brawling migrants at an asylum centre. A long-running dispute between Iraqi and Syrian migrants is reportedly what culminated in the brutal confrontation. One Iraqi stabbed a Syrian migrant and two other Iraqi nationals struck a 31-year-old Syrian man with an iron bar. The two victims were taken to hospitals with serious injuries.

GETTY Police have been attacked at asylum centres in Germany after being called to break up fights