Merkel faces setback in Berlin vote due to migrant fears
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Voters flocked to the polling booths on Sunday in a Berlin city election in which Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives look set to suffer their second electoral blow in two weeks as voters express unease with her refugee-friendly policy.
The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) is expected to profit from a popular backlash over Merkel's decision a year ago to keep borders open for refugees and the party is poised to enter its tenth regional assembly out of Germany's 16 states.
Voting in the German capital started at 8am (0600 GMT) and some 2.5 million people are eligible to decide who should represent them in the Berlin city assembly.
