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.

A chapter of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party in the southwestern city of Karlsruhe has drawn criticism for sending migrants mock deportation notices designed as plane tickets to their "safe country of origin".

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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

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