Refugees worried at rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party ahead of regional elections • FRANCE 24

The eastern German regions of Saxony and Thuringia are holding elections this coming Sunday and the far-right AfD party is ahead in the polls. Its leaders are proposing a raft of measures designed to limit immigration and the arrival of more asylum seekers in their regions. If they win power, they are vowing to implement “zero immigration” and a deleterious atmosphere for those who are already in Germany and well integrated. Some 37,000 Syrians are currently in Saxony, with almost 55,000 in Thuringia. As anti-immigrant sentiment grows in Germany, with towns complaining that capacity is already overstretched, some refugees are wondering if they are still welcome. FRANCE 24’s Anne Mailliet and John Laurenson report.
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36 comments
  1. If you immigrate to other country and they welcome you well , you must behave in good way . Respect their people, their culture and their religion. Integrate into their society. Don't force your own culture, religion or your own way to the people of the country. If you do these of course they will hate you and turn against you.

  2. Yes, Germany needs immigrants, but we have to be able to be honest.
    Islam and the west do not mix. There are enough people from cultures that are more compatable.

  3. 1:45. I think she’ll be fine. She seems to have integrated and is becoming a German. There will be compromise and many will be able to stay if they’re a net contributor.

  4. Title needs to be corrected – 'Illegal' immigrants should be worried. Or perhaps you don't like the meaning 'legal'. Democracy speaks…suck it up, or stay in your woke bubble.

  5. Interesting how these outlets always preach about needing more immigrants, but they only talk about immigrants from middle eastern countries. Why aren’t they covering Polish, Ukrainian, or other more western immigrants?

  6. Every illegal living any part of this world should fear in living in that country illegally. What is big deal in this. This is leftist propaganda now people is aware of this so called propaganda and now they showing them their true face

  7. Extreme left let in millions of refugees in to the country and made a mess of it. This has given chance tobthe rise of far right who are for germans for germany and not refugees who outsiders and not germans.

  8. I always thought the refugees are oppressed people, scattered around the world because of their national political/economic situations. Why would they be worried about a political party in Germany?

  9. But They use different forms of racism in their homeland. 🤦🏽‍♂️ the only difference is They lost the battle and had to flee to the E.U. Yet the are going to push the victim card instead of embracing the culture of their new home. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ this is wild to me

  10. If the AfD is Far Right, what is the CDU and the German Government?
    Far Left?
    Real Refugees should not worry too much.
    Illegale Immigration is a serious problem.
    Specially the Green Party is very democratic

  11. If they are so worried why don’t they stop crime, start working, start fallowing the laws and stop trying to change Saxony to the country they left behind.

  12. If you don't want to be deported don't fo crime ans work for Germany , learn german, integrate yourself donot do Jihad and rape women

  13. Discrimination will always exist even from own families.

    But if you say you are unsafe in Germany, then why do you still stay??

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