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AfD, BSW push to halt Ukraine aid; refugee surge feared
Zeit OnlineLO·DE · UA·2 days ago
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel publicly called on young Ukrainian men in Germany to return to Ukraine for military service and for Syrians to leave once asylum grounds lapse. This marks a sharpening of AfD's anti-immigration rhetoric ahead of elections, potentially influencing German domestic politics and EU asylum policy debates. The statement is political positioning, not policy change.