Syrian asylum seekers in limbo as countries halt applications

Quite a few European international locations, together with the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum functions for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad.

Austria’s caretaker authorities has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and says it’s planning to to repatriate or deport individuals again to their homeland, arguing that the scenario within the nation has modified essentially.

Germany (house to one million Syrians), the United Kingdom, France, and Greece have all stated they may halt asylum selections for now.

The strikes depart many within the Syrian diaspora in limbo, following the collapse of the Assad regime after 50 years of brutal rule.

Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer, a conservative who’s a hardliner on immigration, stated in a publish on X that the federal government would “support all Syrians who have found refuge in Austria and want to return to their home country”.

He added that the “security situation in Syria must also be reassessed in order to make deportations possible again in the future”.

In a press release, Austria’s Interior Ministry stated “the political situation in Syria has changed fundamentally and, above all, rapidly in recent days”.

Around 95,000 Syrians stay in Austria, a lot of whom arrived in the course of the migrant disaster of 2015 and 2016. A backlash towards them has fuelled support for the far right and conservatives in Austria.

Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has placed on maintain all pending functions from Syrian asylum seekers.

Officials say the political scenario is so unsure in Syria, that it’s not doable to succeed in a correct choice about whether or not the nation is protected or not.

At the second 47,270 Syrians in Germany are ready for a solution to their asylum functions. Those who’ve already been granted asylum will not be affected.

Germany has the most important Syrian diaspora inhabitants exterior of the Middle East, with about a million Syrians residing in Germany.
About 700,000 are classed as refugees.

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed that the UK has “paused asylum decisions on cases from Syria while the Home Office reviews and monitors the current situation”.

Cooper unhappy the scenario within the nation is “moving extremely fast after the fall of the Assad regime” and added that some individuals are already returning to Syria.

France is engaged on a coverage much like the one put ahead by Germany, with a call anticipated within the subsequent few hours, in response to the Reuters information company.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Syrians exiled in Lebanon and Jordan have been returning house. But on the Lebanese border, the circulate has been in each instructions.

A BBC correspondent there stated an rising variety of Syrians had been making an attempt to get into Lebanon, prompting Lebanese army reinforcements. He says some feared a rise in chaos or crime at house, although additionally they say they’ve acquired reassurances this is not going to occur.

Lebanon hosts multiple million Syrian refugees however has been tightening up the principles for them to enter the nation.