Some migrants ready to pack bags fearing far-right win in east German state
The anti-immigration, Islamophobic and Russia-friendly AfD party is poised to win in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, with hopes of taking its first-ever governing majority.
Ulrich Siegmund, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s main candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, speaks to delegates during the federal congress of Generation Germany, the youth organization of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Saturday. | AFP-JIJI
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Aug 30, 2026
Quedlinburg, Germany – As a far-right regional election victory looms in an ex-communist eastern German state, many migrants are readying to pack their bags, fearful of the AfD party’s threatened “deportation and remigration offensive.”
Remigration is an program of ethnic cleansing promoted by radical anti-immigrant groups where mass deportation is used to move all non-white populations back to their country of ancestry.
A week from now, the anti-immigration, Islamophobic and Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is expected to score a historic win in the small state of Saxony-Anhalt, with hopes of taking its first-ever governing majority.
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