German election: Asian immigrants wary of far-right surge

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Asian immigrants fear a possible far-right backlash, hoping young German voters will support progressive parties.

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00:00There is AFD coming in, which is a bit of a threat.

00:05People just call you like Ching Cheng Chong or like Koonnichiwa.

00:08We have a right to be here.

00:10Even if we come from Plum Village, we have a right to be here.

00:16We are going to fight for this right.

00:30I think as a like foreigners who wants to live in here more like longer time, I think

00:45politics, especially these elections is really important because they are talks about a lot

00:51over the immigration issues.

00:57But I think so far, policies in Germany, especially for international students, it has been really

01:03doing great.

01:08As long as the environmental and circumstance could be more hostile towards like foreign

01:13or international people, then I have no choice but to leave the country, I guess.

01:28There is AFD coming in, which is a bit of a threat because they are extreme right.

01:38I hope that it still stays as a neutral ground for everyone coming in as well as people who

01:44already live here, the locals.

01:46The political situation should also consider the immigrants who are coming in while they

01:51are making their policies so that we do benefit and add value to the country.

01:59My name is Shehzada Khan and I am from Afghanistan, Baghlan province and I am since 2016 in Germany.

02:14Like the last time, Sedu, like the Anglo-American, she was friendly.

02:18Olaf Schultz is also friendly.

02:20So in my experience, I am living in Cologne, so in the government offices like in Ausländeramt,

02:30the migration office, the job center, the other offices, so they are very, very friendly

02:36in Cologne.

02:37For other cities, I don't have any idea.

02:45Should I give my own real opinion?

02:48Yes, absolutely.

02:49Like some people there, they think it's a double standard because we are from Asia and

02:57the Ukrainian people, they are from Europe or they are blonde or they are not Muslim,

03:02they are Christian, so that's why they were treated better than us.

03:14My name is Sankar.

03:16I have been living in Berlin for almost 36 years.

03:22I am from Tamil Nadu.

03:25I escaped from the occupation there and I am living in this city as a security guard.

03:35I am a security guard.

03:41I think that no matter where people come from to seek security, every country has a duty

03:51to provide security for them.

03:54In that, the Germans have played a very big role in the past.

04:00If I were to give my own opinion, I would say that the development of the AfD party has

04:07been very dangerous in recent years.

04:10There is a lot of history in this country.

04:13There is a fear that history will be rewritten.

04:17It is very bad.

04:31Please keep these things as it is.

04:33That is my wish, I guess.

04:36If they are peaceful in Afghanistan and there is no war, I would prefer them to stay there

04:41because in Germany, you are not that free as you are in your own country.

04:48I hope that all the future policies that come in also help the locals as well as us.

04:55Even if we are forced to wear this uniform, the youth will not give up.

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