Overview

• The AfD parliamentary group in Brandenburg launched an online portal on October 7 to collect accounts of violence at schools, including uploads of videos and audio.
• Text on the portal attributes rising incidents to what it calls uncontrolled mass migration, a framing the education ministry rejects.
• The ministry says the portal is the wrong approach because it does not enable age-appropriate, pedagogical responses or provide guidance and support.
• Officials point to established procedures set out in the circular Hinsehen-Handeln-Helfen, which require confidential handling and school-led action.
• Recent data show 3,209 police-recorded offences at Brandenburg schools in the past year, 156 fewer than the year before, while bodily injury cases rose by 131 to 1,113, with national figures indicating increases among children and juveniles.