Syrian refugees in Europe fear being forced home

Syrian refugees in Europe are not about to flock home
Jens Spahn, a senior member of Germany’s opposition Christian Democrats ( cdu ), suggested handing €1,000 ($1,050) to any Syrian who wished to go home. Austria’s government even instructed officials to prepare deportation plans.
Syrian refugees in Europe fear being forced home after Assad's fall
By Karolina Tagaris, Edward McAllister, Riham Alkousaa ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) -Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.
The Fall of al-Assad Quickly Infuses Europe’s Debate Over Asylum
Nearly a million Syrians in Germany alone have made new lives. But after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, some politicians across the continent have suggested that refugees could return home.
Europe Needs to Update Its Thinking for a Post-Assad Syria
As Syria enters the post-Assad era, EU policymakers need to learn from their failed approach to the country's civil war. The post Europe Needs to Update Its Thinking for a Post-Assad Syria appeared first on World Politics Review.
After Assad’s fall, some say it’s time for Syrian refugees to go home
A growing number of European countries said they would stop processing asylum claims, and some want to pressure Syrians to leave.
Europe debates fate of Syrian refugees
Several countries, including France and Germany, have announced that they are suspending decisions on asylum applications from Syria. Far-right parties, meanwhile, have re-opened a political and legal debate on refugee deportation.
European countries put Syrian asylum bids on hold after Assad's fall
European countries put asylum applications from Syrians on hold until further notice on Monday after rebels seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia following 13 years of civil war.
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe
Multiple European countries pausing Syrian asylum claims over fall of Assad’s regime
New York Post contributor Douglas Murray explains the impact of the Syrian civil war on Europe during an appearance on ‘America’s Newsroom.’
Syrian refugees see Germany as home amidst uncertain return
Chancellor Scholz believes that refugees from Syria may voluntarily return to their homeland when the situation stabilizes. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) believes that the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland at present would be premature.
What fate awaits Europe's Syrian refugees? EU Home Affairs ministers remain divided
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A Syrian dictator's toppling raises new hopes for missing American journalist Austin Tice
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Pope Francis calls on Syrian rebels to stabilise country
Pope Francis on Wednesday called on the Syrian rebels who toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to stabilise the ...
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'It's not safe yet': Syrian diaspora in Europe caught between joy and anxiety
After learning German, she trained as an assistant in a doctor's office. Barely a day after al-Assad fled, Germany — which has the largest number of Syrian refugees in Europe with nearly one ...
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Europe’s Syrians shaken by debate over repatriation to their war-ravaged homeland
For many Syrian refugees in Europe, joy at the fall of Assad has been tempered by immediate calls for them to go home.
Thousands of Syrian Celebrate in Central Damascus During First Friday Prayers Since Assad's Fall
Thousands of Syrians celebrated in Umayyad Square, the largest in Damascus, after the first Muslim Friday prayers following ...
‘We need time’: Syrians in Europe resist calls to return home
Growing numbers of politicians in Europe say it is time for more than a million Syrian refugees in the continent to return to their homeland after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad. Syrians say it ...
Assad’s fall to Islamist rebels in Syria unsettles region’s autocrats
Leaders in countries such as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are worried Assad’s ouster, and the rise of an Islamist ...