Germany’s transformation reflects a broader global turn — from solidarity to interest-driven governance, from rights-based narratives to securitisation. This shift is reflected in policy debates surrounding the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and Germany’s tightening asylum measures in recent years. The AfD has consistently framed asylum and integration as existential challenges to German society. Growing segments of the public increasingly perceive global stability as fragile and future crises as difficult to anticipate. Migrants are increasingly framed within narratives of vulnerability and loss of control, rather than as individuals seeking protection.