As a first response to the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, many EU countries have stopped temporarily freezing all ongoing asylum procedures for Syrian citizens. In a next step, plans are now being drawn up about what kind of ‘start-up aid’ could make the return of Syrian refugees possible.
Germany was one of the main receiving countries for Syrian refugees, while Austria’s northern neighbor took in almost a million Syrians. The German decision to suspend asylum procedures affects more than 47,000 Syrians. In their applications, the civil war and the current political situation in Syria would play an important role in the decision whether or not the asylum seekers would be granted asylum, according to a spokesperson for the Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also putting the brakes on repatriation. He does not want to send well-integrated Syrians back to their country. Anyone who speaks German and has an employment contract can feel safe in Germany. “This also applies to the Syrians,” the SPD politician assured on Friday in Micky Beisenherz’s podcast “Apocalypse & Filter Coffee”. “We will not ask them to quit their jobs and leave.”
The Minister of Health warns of a shortage of doctors
After the coup in Syria, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) had already warned of negative consequences for the German labor market – especially in the health sector. Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) spoke about more than 6,000 Syrian doctors who are fully integrated and indispensable for healthcare.
Source: Krone
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