A German MP with the far-left Die Linke party is facing a police probe after smuggling an African refugee into his country in the boot of his car.

Diether Dehm, 66, even posted a picture on Facebook of the illegal immigrant lying in the boot of his car.

2 Diether Dehm, 66, has said he is at 'peace with himself' despite being investigated by police over his actions Credit: Getty Images

The smuggling exploit of Dehm - once described by Deutsche Bank as a "cancerous growth" for employing an ex -Baader-Meinhof terrorist in his office in the national parliament - was exposed by Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper.

The paper said he illegally brought the young man into Germany at the end of August from Italy.

"It concerns a young man from an African war zone," said the report. "A refugee helper who is friends with Dehm's children pleaded for his help; after the death of his mother the young man made it across the Mediterranean to Italy to try to reach his father already living in Germany. But he couldn't make it out of Italy."

2 The immigrant he brought illegally into the country has now been expelled Credit: Getty Images

The newspaper went on to say that Dehm - a millionaire producer of musicals - invited the young man to stay at his holiday home on Lake Maggiore. From there he secreted him across the border into Switzerland and then on into Germany where he was reunited with his father.

Dehm appeared to have no regrets, telling Bild: "I brought a young orphan from Africa over the border from Italy to Germany to be with his father. The border guards have not registered him."

On the question of whether he had acted illegally, Dehm replied: "I'm at peace with myself." He refused to say more.