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

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

In a chilling throwback to fake tickets Nazis sent out fake to Jews offering to send them to Jerusalem, Germany’s far-right party AfD has distributed fake plane tickets to migrants telling them to lea

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 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.

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.

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.

Germany's AfD party has unveiled plans for a complete border shutdown and mass deportations if successful in next month's election. The party, currently polling at its highest-ever national level of 22 percent,