German police are investigating an election campaign flyer by a far-right party that looks like a plane ticket and calls for the deportation of “illegal immigrants.”

Germany’s federal elections are coming up on 23 February 2025, meaning that all major parties are ramping up their campaign efforts to secure a majority in parliament. One of these party is AfD (Alternative für Deutschland,

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 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.

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.