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

Party’s co-leader pledges ‘total closing’ of borders and mass deportations of immigrants if it wins power 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.