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

The co-leader of Germany’s AfD has endorsed the policy of “remigration”, pledging to carry out mass deportations of immigrants if it enters government next month.

Thousands of people demonstrated against a convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany on January 11, blocking some roads and delaying the meeting's start as parties launched their campaigns for the country's election next month.