Far-right santas hand out “go home” flyers in Munich U-Bahn

A group of far-right activists have distributed flyers on the U-Bahn in Munich telling migrants to “go home”. The action mirrors a previous stunt by the AfD.

Far-right activists hand out “boarding cards” in Munich

Dressed in Santa costumes, members of the far-right identitarian movement distributed flyers to passengers on the U-Bahn in Munich. Boarding the U6 at Odeonsplatz, the members handed out red and white “boarding passes” which addressed “asylum seekers” and “illegal migrants”, being told to go “from Germany to their home country”. 

According to police, the people involved in the action are members of the “Lederhosen Revolte” group, which the Office for Constitutional Protection in Bavaria considers to be part of the far-right identitarian movement.

The identitarian movement is an international far-right group which bases its ideology on the “great replacement theory”, that there is a conspiracy to replace the white, European population with non-white migrants. Identitarian groups often call for the “remigration” (essentially, the forced deportation) of European residents who are not white or who have a recent migration background.

According to a report from ntv, police are now investigating whether the “Lederhosen Revolte” action constitutes a hate crime.

Munich stunt mirrors AfD action

The action in Munich mirrors a similar flyer campaign carried out in Karlsruhe in January this year. Police opened an investigation on suspicion of incitement of racial hatred after multiple Karlsruhe residents found AfD-branded “boarding passes” among their post.

The double-sided “deportation ticket” listed the passenger's name as an “illegal migrant” travelling on the flight “BTW 2025” (Bundestagswahl 2025 or federal election 2025) on February 23 (the election date) from Germany to a “secure country of origin”, departing from the airport gate “AFD”. The listed seat number "51P" may refer to paragraph 51 of German law, which details the Residence Act.

The boarding time listed on the ticket is "08-18:00", which is the opening hours of polling stations on election day in Germany. The numbers eight and 18 are also associated with international neo-Nazi codes. Representing the first and eighth letters in the alphabet, in neo-Nazi circles 18 may be used to communicate the initials “AH” for Adolf Hitler. However, whether the ticket's departure time referred to this code or just polling station hours remains unclear.