Rival gangs of migrants attacked each other with tables and chairs during a shocking riot at a Dutch asylum centre.

Footage leaked by Dutch far right politician Geert Wilders, shows the massive disturbance involving dozens of young men inside the asylum centre's canteen area.

Wilders, who is leader of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party, claimed he received the footage from a worker inside the centre.

Dutch far right politician Geert Wilders published footage he claimed showed a riot at a centre for asylum seekers in Apeldoorn in the east of the country on his Twitter feed earlier today

Wilders claimed the shocking footage was leaked to him by one of the centre's employees

During the shocking footage, the men can be seen breaking chairs and flinging the debris at each other as the situation quickly spirals out of control.

The men appear to be being held in a windowless room when the disturbance breaks out.

Four people were believed to have been injured in the riot, although the exact timing of the violence appears to be in dispute.

Wilders told his 730,000 twitter followers, the footage came from an asylum centre in Apeldoorn and was filmed last Friday.

His supporters used the contents of the video to write vitriolic and racist comments about asylum seekers in Holland.

One individual compared those in the asylum centre to animals in a zoo. Others claimed they should be immediately deported.

However, according to Gelrenieuws, local police confirmed the incident took place on December 4, 2015 when four people were injured.

Joop.nl said those behind the disturbance were moved to a different asylum centre.

The anti-Islam politician is leading opinion polls ahead of next March's elections.

Estimates claim Wilders and his party would receive about 33 seats of 150-seat lower chamber, pushing the current prime minister Mark Rutte into second place.

Geert WIlders, pictured, is performing well in Dutch opinion polls ahead of March's elections