Syria's Minister of National Reconciliation Affairs Ali Haidar meets with members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Syria March 6, 2018. SANA/via REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) - Syrians in Germany, angered by a far-right politician's statement that their coffee was paid for by German taxpayers, responded on social media with the hashtag "I pay for my coffee", tagging the politician, who recently visited Syria.
Last week, seven members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party visited Syria to gather information on the security situation, in the hope of showing Syria was a safe country to which it should be possible to deport failed asylum seekers.
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