A day before the AI debate, lawmakers turned their attention to a starkly different migration proposal. On 7 October 2026 the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) tabled a motion entitled “Measures for a real migration turnaround” that demands sweeping restrictions on visas, citizenship and family reunification. The 26-point plan would lengthen the minimum residence period for naturalisation to ten years, end the routine acceptance of dual nationality and suspend visa issuance for work- and training-related migration from countries that refuse to take back rejected asylum-seekers. The AfD also calls for border-area drone surveillance, expanded airport checks and mass revocation of protection status for Syrians. While the motion has no chance of passing in the current legislature, it forces the governing CDU/CSU-led coalition to define red lines ahead of next year’s state elections in Bavaria and Hesse. Business associations immediately warned that tying labour visas to bilateral readmission deals would “paralyse urgently needed recruitment of nurses and engineers”. For global mobility managers, the debate signals growing political polarisation around immigration. Even without legislative change, regional foreigners’ offices may become more cautious in granting discretionary permits as the public discourse hardens. Companies should prepare additional evidence of labour-market need and ensure that posted-worker applications are watertight. The Interior Committee will examine the motion but is expected to recommend its rejection later this month. Still, observers note that elements such as expanded border technology could find their way into centrist compromises as parties compete for security-minded voters.
Source: Deutscher Bundestag
