European trio Germany, Sweden and Austria have determined to pause on Syrian asylum requests, citing developments within the war-torn nation after Bashar Assad’s ouster.
The Swedish Migration Agency stated Monday it will pause selections on asylum requests and deportations.
“Given the situation, it is simply not possible to assess the grounds for protection at this time,” Carl Bexelius, head of authorized affairs on the company, stated in a press release that added that the formal resolution can be made Tuesday.
Germany in the meantime, has suspended selections on asylum requests from Syrians amid the “unclear situation” within the nation, the inside minister stated Monday.
Germany took in nearly 1 million Syrians, Europe’s greatest diaspora from the war-ravaged nation, with the majority arriving in 2015-16 underneath ex-chancellor Angela Merkel.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser stated that “the end of the brutal tyranny of the Syrian dictator Assad is a great relief for many people who have suffered from torture, murder and terror.”
“Many refugees who have found protection in Germany now finally have hope of returning to their Syrian homeland and rebuilding their country,” she stated in a press release.
But she cautioned that “the situation in Syria is currently very unclear.”
“Therefore, concrete possibilities of return cannot yet be predicted at the moment and it would be unprofessional to speculate about them in such a volatile situation.”
“In view of this unclear situation, it is right that the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has today imposed a freeze on decisions for asylum procedures that are still ongoing until the situation is clearer,” she stated.
The inside ministry says there are actually 974,136 individuals with Syrian nationality residing in Germany.
Of these, 5,090 have been acknowledged as eligible for asylum, 321,444 have been granted refugee standing and 329,242 have been granted subsidiary safety, a short lived keep of deportation, with tens of hundreds of different circumstances nonetheless pending.
Earlier within the day, Austria stated it was additionally suspending all Syrian asylum purposes and wished to deport refugees again to Syria.
Some 100,000 Syrians stay in Austria, one of many greatest diaspora populations in Europe, with hundreds ready for asylum purposes to be permitted.
Conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Monday instructed the inside ministry “to suspend all ongoing Syrian asylum applications and to review all asylum grants,” the ministry stated in a press release.
“From now on, open (asylum) proceedings of Syrian citizens will be stopped,” it stated.
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner added he has “instructed the ministry to prepare an orderly repatriation and deportation program to Syria.”
Family reunification – permitting Syrians in Austria to carry relations to the nation – may also be suspended, the assertion added.
“The political situation in Syria has changed fundamentally and, above all, rapidly in recent days,” the ministry stated, including it’s “currently monitoring and analyzing the new situation.”
“It is essential to reassess the situation, which is necessary for further processing of the cases,” the ministry added.
Around 7,300 Syrians whose asylum purposes are within the first stage of consideration “are affected” by the suspension, the ministry stated.
Since 2015, some 87,000 Syrians have been given asylum.
Source: www.dailysabah.com