Some migrants ready to pack bags fearing far-right win in east German state
A general view taken on August 27, 2026 shows the Harzklinikum Dorothea Christian Erxleben, in Quedlinburg, eastern Germany. (AFP Photo)
As a far-right regional election victory looms in an ex-communist eastern German state, many migrants are readying to pack their bags, fearful of the AfD party's threatened "deportation and remigration offensive".
A week from now, the anti-immigration, Islamophobic and Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany party is expected to score a historic win in the small state of Saxony-Anhalt, with hopes of taking its first-ever governing majority.
It is an ominous scenario for Syria-born cardiologist Ayman Alyoussef, head physician in a clinic in the picturesque town of Quedlinburg, who voiced a common sentiment: "I fear that hatred of foreigners will spread."
