Ethnic cleansing

Turkish guest workers have helped build up the industrial backbone of our country.

— Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the German-Turkish guest worker program; praising the contribution of Turkish migrant workers to Germany's prosperity.

Germany needs nothing more urgently today than an Institute for Remigration.

— Martin Sellner on X, confirming the Spiegel report about the founding of his institute in Germany.

The word Remigration is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing by origin and skin color.

— Chancellor Friedrich Merz; during his budget debate speech in the Bundestag on Wednesday

We do not condemn the production of arms outright, because in the context of the future remigration and deportation offensive we will of course also need appropriate tools. Of course also in the sense of internal security, our own stability and national defense.

— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD top candidate and parliamentary group leader in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, replying to a journalist's question about the planned establishment of an Israeli arms company.

"to pursue ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color."— Friedrich Merz (CDU), in the Bundestag during the general debate on the budget; referring to the term 'Remigration' and accusing the AfD of wanting to pursue ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color

We do not vilify the production of military equipment outright, because in future Remigration and deportation offensives we will of course also need the corresponding means.

— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD top candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, said in the context of Remigration and deportation offensives.

Millions must leave this country again.

— Said by Jean-Pascal Hohm, head of Generation Deutschland, at the group's national congress; call for mass remigration.

Nostalgic politics push us further and further back.

— Christian Bruch, CEO of Siemens Energy, in an interview ahead of the Saxony-Anhalt state election

I will not allow those who work to protect the borders to be demonized.

— Herbert Kickl, FPÖ leader; in the ORF Sommergespräch with Simone Stribl, on migration and border protection

You are propagating here 'remigration', which is nothing more than an ethnic cleansing based on skin color and origin, nothing else.

— Friedrich Merz, Chancellor, in the Bundestag General Debate addressing the AfD faction

to feel at home in New York and to enjoy 'going under' in the city's diversity—and, to be honest, for me that is sometimes very liberating.

— Baerbock told dpa shortly after taking office in New York that she feels comfortable in New York and enjoys 'going under' in the city's diversity, and that this is, frankly, sometimes very liberating for her.

I have never seen a federal board smash so much porcelain in three weeks.

— Kay Gottschalk, NRW deputy state chairman, in a circular email to NRW members and in a phone interview with the FAZ.

Deport, deport, and deport again

— Oliver Kirchner, AfD parliamentary group leader in the Magdeburg state parliament, after listing the party's proposals at the rally in Magdeburg

When our democracy is threatened, all democrats are obliged to act. Therefore, for the SPD, in addition to political confrontation with the AfD, there must also be a legal step to protect our democracy.

— Bärbel Bas, SPD co-chair, in Berlin, advocating legal steps to protect democracy

What we are witnessing is deliberate, state-led annexation, in complete violation of international law unfolding before the eyes of the entire world.

— Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's Secretary General, commenting on Amnesty's report alleging a state-sanctioned campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.