Calls have increased in Germany for Syrian refugees to return to their country.
The German Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday the deportation of a Syrian man from Germany for the first time since the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011.
The ministry stated that the Syrian migrant, who had previously been convicted of criminal offenses in Germany, was deported to Damascus, where he was handed over to Syrian authorities on Tuesday morning. Read more after the announcement.
وقال وزير الداخلية ألكسندر دوبريندت في بيان: “للمجتمع مصلحة مشروعة في ضمان مغادرة المجرمين بلدنا”.
وقال لصحيفة “بيلد” الألمانية: “يجب أن يغادر المجرمون بلدنا. نحن نقف من أجل الرقابة، والصرامة، والحزم، ولا نرحم المجرمين المطرودين”.
وذكرت “بيلد” أن المرحّل هو مواطن سوري من مواليد 1988، أقام عدة سنوات في ألمانيا، وأُدين بارتكاب عدة مخالفات، كان آخرها صدور أمر قضائي بحقه بسبب السرقة، والاعتداء الجسدي، والابتزاز.
The deportation decision came after Berlin reached an agreement with Damascus to allow for periodic deportations in the future.
Germany had suspended direct deportations to Syria after the outbreak of war in 2011.
Around one million Syrians have migrated to Germany to escape the war, with a large portion of them arriving in 2015.
Following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime late last year, calls have grown in Germany for Syrian refugees to return to their country. However, the center-left government at the time warned that it was still too early to determine whether conditions in Syria were conducive to such a return.
Source: Sky News
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