US EditionMerz invites Syrian president to Germany to discuss deportations
- On Monday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Syrian refugees in Germany must return or face deportation, asserting, `I will say it again: the civil war in Syria is over. There are now no longer any grounds for asylum in Germany.`
- Merz has invited Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's interim President, to Germany to discuss deporting Syrian criminals and how Germany can help stabilise Syria.
- During a visit to Husum, Merz said German authorities could expel Syrians refusing to return and pledged, `We will, of course, continue to deport criminals to Syria. We will now implement this in a very concrete manner.`
- The comments triggered backlash within the Christian Democratic Union, as around one million Syrians in Germany raise the potential scale of returns or deportations.
- German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Thursday returns are very limited as the war destroyed much infrastructure, while Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's interim President, has toured abroad since ousting Assad last year.
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The Syrian civil war had ended and refugees who had been granted asylum in Germany should return to their homeland, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Friedrich Merz, said.
According to Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt, Federal Chancellor Merz has also spoken out in favour of a faster return of Syrian refugees. He sees no fundamental ... The post "No more reasons for asylum: Merz insists on repatriation of Syrians – but hardly anyone wants to return voluntarily appeared first on Apollo News.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Syrian refugees in Germany should return to their country now that the war in Syria is over, warning that those who refuse to return will be deported.
In contrast to Foreign Minister Wadephul, Federal Chancellor Merz has no concerns about deportations of refugees to Syria. Merz said during a visit to Husum in Schleswig-Holstein that the civil war in Syria was over. Therefore, there were no more reasons to grant Syrians asylum in Germany.
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