In Germany, Alice Weidel, a leader of the country’s Alternative for Germany party, has said that refugees “have to go back to their country.” Watch:
Refugees “have to go back to their country”, says @Alice_Weidel, the co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party. She explains to @zannymb why she thinks Afghan, Syrian and Ukrainian refugees should leave Germany. Watch the full Insider interview: https://t.co/j5zzAJFlae https://t.co/z0UEplF9Iy
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 16, 2026
Even Donald Tusk, the pro-EU Prime Minister of Poland has said that his country will not repeat the mistakes of Western Europe by inviting migrants in. He wrote on X.com:
Poland will not repeat the mistakes of other European countries, nor will it pay for them. We are firmly defending the border against illegal migration, we have our own asylum policy (we do not accept applications), we deport those who break Polish law. On security issues, we will be relentless. That is what I told the leaders of Europe in Brussels.
In the UK, Reform UK’s Shadow Chancellor, Robert Jenrick, responded to the current situation in France by explaining on X.com:
Mass migration and soft-touch law and order destroys countries.
Macron has chosen to ignore this obvious fact.
We can either do the same and face a similar fate, or fight to save Britain.
Mass migration and soft-touch law and order destroys countries.
Macron has chosen to ignore this obvious fact.
We can either do the same and face a similar fate, or fight to save Britain.
— Robert Jenrick (@RobertJenrick) October 19, 2026
The German Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt made the case that the radical left wing and the “migrant milieu” are coming together to struggle against democracy. He told Germany’s Bild:
Anyone who fails to make it clear that left-wing extremists and a migrant milieu are coming together on the streets to wage a joint struggle against the democratic system has failed to understand the situation.
