As the German election this weekend approaches, Asian immigrants fear a possible far-right backlash against them. They also hopes young Germans will vote for parties that support pro-immigration policies.
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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.