Germany's Immigration Tensions Post-Election

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German election: Tensions laid bare as Germans worry about immigration

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A record 1.2 million people applied for asylum in Germany from 2015-16 , many of them from Syria but also from Afghanistan and Iraq .

Germany 's outgoing government has reimposed border controls as it tries to bring down the number of asylum seekers.

Many in Germany also talk of a wish for greater public safety and a disillusionment with the parties that have governed the country since reunification.

AfD campaigners Jörg Lange denies the remark was racist.

The AfD want to close Germany 's borders and leave the common European asylum policy.

The political climate has led to toughening of language by some of Germany 's main political parties.

The future of migration policy will depend on which parties form a coalition after this election.

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