A right-wing Dutch politician has been handing out self-defence canisters of spray laced with red paint to women to protect themselves from attack by 'Islamic testosterone bombs'.

Geert Wilders, leader of the extremist Freedom Party delivered the spray to the blue-collar town of Spijkenisse where he was surrounded by a large crowd, flanked by bodyguards and police.

Wilders, whose party has 12 members in the Dutch parliament, claimed women in Holland were afraid of being attacked following the mass assaults on New Year's Eve in Cologne, Germany.

Controversial right wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders, centre, handed out canisters of spray laced with red paint to women in the blue-collar town of Spijkenisse as part of a publicity stunt earlier today

Mr Wilders claimed if he wins next year's Dutch election he will close Holland's borders immediately

Pictured: One of the canisters of spray laced with red paint that Wilders is handing out to women

However, a small group of protesters greeted Wilders' 'publicity stunt with chants and banners proclaiming 'refugees welcome, racism is not.

Wilders shook hands with supporters before offering an impromptu speech.

He said if he was elected Prime Minister next year, he would 'close the borders immediately and have no more asylum seekers'.

He said: 'We just cannot afford to have more. The Dutch people in a big majority don't want it and we cannot afford it and it makes our people and women only more unsafe.'

Wilders' party currently holds 12 seats in the 150-member lower house, but a poll by Ipsos on Thursday suggested the Freedom Party would win 32 seats now.

The Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberals were second with 26 seats, down from its current tally of 40. The online survey of 1,061 voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent. Other polls have Wilders even further ahead.

Migrants wrapped in blankets try to keep warm this morning as they cross the Macedonian -Serbian border in the southern Serbian village Miratovac

Two girls wrap in blankets and hats in the freezing temperatures in Serbia as they cross the border with their families

Wilders is known for his anti Islamic rhetoric which has been far more extreme than US presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

Dutch authorities prosecuted Wilders in 2011 on hate speech charges after comparing Islam to fascism and demanding a ban on the Koran. He was acquitted at the time, but he is still facing further charges over his highly controversial comments.

Wilders extreme views are being replicated in other European nations, with Marine Le Pen's National Front in France also receiving a surge in popularity.

Leontine Maris was one of the first women to get a spray from Wilders on Saturday.

Migrants marched in the French port city of Calais during a demonstration to support migrants and refugees who live in the 'jungle'

One protester waves his hands in the air as another holds a megaphone during the protest in Calais today

Refugees in Miratovac, on the Serbian-Croatian border prepare for the next leg of their journey north

The immigrants are facing sub-zero temperatures amid harsh winter conditions in Serbia today, pictured

The 53-year-old said she votes for him though she disagrees with some of his more extreme comments. She said she was afraid not just of migrants, but also Dutch men.

She said: 'The whole society is going down the drain.'

University of Amsterdam political science professor Wouter van der Brug: 'The tendencies across Europe are very similar. Across Europe, right-wing populist parties are picking up support as a result of the asylum crisis that we're facing now, and also as a result of terrorist attacks.

'Wilders is getting support across different layers of society.'

However, Wilders' opponents are confident the controversial politician's support will collapse when the Dutch people cast their ballots next year.

Lodewijk Asscher, Deputy Prime Minister and a Labor Party member said: 'It is hard to talk about a tipping point because we have seen this phenomenon in the polls before. Geert Wilders has lost the last three elections. That is something we tend to forget.'

Large numbers of migrants continue to make the perilous journey despite the risks posed by the weather