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Chancellor Merz and Syrian President Al-Sharaa Discuss Refugee Return and Reconstruction
Germany aims for 80% of its 700,000-800,000 Syrian asylum seekers to return home within three years to aid Syria's post-war reconstruction, officials said.
- According to Merz, around 80% of Syrian refugees in Germany are expected to return home over the next three years, as many want to contribute to Syria's reconstruction after years of war.
- Merz said Germany wants to support the reconstruction process in Syria and is working with the government in Damascus to help those who want to return.
- Al-Sharaa stated that Syria will never forget how Germany opened its doors to refugees during the civil war, and the two countries are restoring their partnership to allow Syrian talents to contribute to rebuilding.
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The Chancellor and Syrian leader Ahmed al-Shara agreed that most refugees must leave Germany within three years.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Berlin on Monday. According to the German Chancellor, the framework conditions in Syria would have improved fundamentally
Although most Syrians in Germany want to and are allowed to stay, the Chancellor believes that hundreds of thousands will return. To make that possible, Germany wants to help with the reconstruction in Syria.
German Chancellor wants to contribute to Syrian reconstruction after the fall of El Assad to accelerate the return of more than 900,000 residents
According to Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), over the next three years, 80 per cent of the more than 900,000 Syrians in Germany are to return to their home country. "In the longer perspective of the next three years, that is, President Sharaa's wish has been that around 80 per cent of the Syrians now residing in Germany should return to their home country," he said at a press conference with Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Berlin.
It is estimated that 900,000 Syrians currently live on German territory. The Government maintains that those who have committed crimes or do not have a residence permit will be returned as a matter of priority. More information: Closure of borders in Germany and (more) anti-immigration policies: does the Schengen area harm?
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