Why ‘remigration’ has become a rallying cry among far-right lawmakers

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“Remigration” has become a buzzword among far-right lawmakers in Germany and Austria recently. The term is widely understood to mean the mass deportation of people from a migrant background. Just a year ago, the word was considered taboo in Germany even among far-right politicians there. But a lot has changed since then, as The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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