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What are some main beliefs or policies of the AfD?

The AfD’s anti-immigration policies include ending government spending on refugees, repatriation, removing the right of foreigners to seek asylum, and restricting the influence of Islam in Germany. Though many have criticized the AfD’s stances as racist and Islamophobic, in the 2017 general elections it received enough votes to form a bloc in the federal parliament.