A regional branch of the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been distributing fake "airplane tickets" to promote the deportation of people to a "secure home country." Police are investigating.

The AfD in the German city of Karlsruhe has been posting fake ‘deportation tickets’ to voters, including those with a migration background. The incident is being investigated by police as a hate crime.

German police are launching an investigation into the ‘deportation tickets’ distributed by a local branch of the far-right AfD in Karlsruhe. The local branch distributed a flyer that resembled a plane ticket for illegal immigrants in 30,

While other parties have not called for deportations of migrants in general, a majority of Germans support more and faster deportations of those who don’t receive asylum in Germany. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed several times to step up the deportation of rejected asylum seekers.

German Police have started investigating the Alternative for Germany (AfD) over its campaign in Karlsruhe in the south of the country. Members of the local organization of the anti-immigration party sent fliers to mailboxes that seem to be airline ticket boarding passes and have the phrase "deportation ticket" written on them.

Police have launched an investigation into an election campaign leaflet being circulated by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which, designed as a facsimile of a plane ticket, calls for the deportation of “illegal immigrants.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party sent "deportation tickets" for "illegal immigrants" to mailboxes around the city of Karlsruhe, a local AfD official confirmed to dpa on Tuesday. Police in the western city have launched an investigation into the campaign stunt on suspicion of incitement to hatred.

The “Deportation Ticket” stunt is being compared to a similar campaign in 1930s Germany by the Nazis. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The incident comes as far-right leaders are embracing increasingly radical proposals to deport migrants en masse ahead of a national election.

During a party conference Alice Weidel publicly endorsed the mass "return" or deportation of people with a migrant background.

A former EU official is accused of suggesting the European Union could try to annul Germany’s election results if the right-wing party wins.