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German Chancellor Clarifies Syrian Refugee Comments After Backlash
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Federal Chancellor Merz relativized his statement on the intended departure of Syrians from Germany. During a visit by the Syrian interim president al-Sharaa, he stated yesterday that 80 percent of the more than 900,000 Syrians living here should return to their home country within three years. Now the CDU chairman is rowing back.
The chancellor gets a lot of criticism for his statement on the Syrian return quota. Now he makes it clear: the Syrian president set the target of 80 percent, not him.
German chancellor clarifies Syrian refugee comments after backlash
BERLIN, March 31 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz clarified on Tuesday comments he made about the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland after economists and politicians warned that a mass departure could have a serious economic effect. Read more at straitstimes.com.
According to Chancellor Merz, 80 percent of the people living in Germany from Syria are to return to their home country in the next three years.
Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said that in three years, four fifths of Syrians from Germany should return to their homeland. Now he is the target of criticism, and him
A statement by Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Syrian refugees causes displeasure. The Refugee Council in Thuringia becomes clear.
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