A German politician has actually suggested the country should shoot migrants attempting to cross their borders.
Pushed by the newspaper for more, she continued that 'no policeman wants to fire on a refugee and I don't want that either.
She didn't make clear if her intentions were to shoot to kill or maim, if she'd spare children, the elderly or ill or what would happen to asylum seekers injured by the proposed use of fire arms.
Germany's vice chancellor called Sunday for the far-right party to be put under observation by the government agency that tracks extremists after its leader suggested that police should be allowed to shoot refugees trying to enter the country.
Germany saw nearly 1.1 million asylum-seekers enter the country last year and the AfD has been gaining in support as more people question whether the government will be able to deal with the influx.
Joerg Radek, vice-chairman of the GdP police union, slammed Petry's suggestion, saying no German police officer would shoot at a refugee.
'Whoever proposes such a radical approach apparently wants to overturn the rule of law and exploit the police,' he said in a statement.
Chancellor Angela Merkel, meanwhile, received support from an unlikely source for her handling of Germany's refugee crisis.
Baden-Wuerttemberg governor Winfried Kretschmann, a member of the Greens party that is in opposition at the federal level, told Berlin's Tagesspiegel newspaper the chancellor's insistence on 'working step by step' on a European solution to the refugee crisis was the correct path.
'Which of her counterparts in the EU will hold Europe together if she fails?' he asked.
Europe has endured a huge influx of refugees and migrants, most of whom undertake a dangerous journey in search of a better life in a safer location.
On Saturday, at least 37 people drowned when their boat capsized during the short trip from Turkey to Greece.