MORE than 50 armed vigilantes who responded to calls from a neonazi group to patrol the Polish border have been detained by German police, officials confirmed on Sunday.

Far-right party the Third Way, a split from the fascist National Democratic Party of Germany, had appealed for “border walks” to stop refugees from Iraq and Syria entering the country.

Police detained a group of 30 near the village of Gross Gastrose late on Saturday and in the early hours of Sunday and seized weapons, including a machete and a bayonet.