2026-01-02 17:13, updated 2026-01-02 20:22
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The Bavarian CSU intends to deport most of the Syrian refugees from Germany, according to a party document seen by the dpa agency. For this purpose, the party proposes building a “deportation terminal” at Munich airport.
The CSU, which forms the government in Berlin together with the CDU and SPD, believes that in the case of most Syrians covered by temporary protection, the grounds for granting it have expired. Therefore, deportations should be initiated as soon as possible for those refugees from Syria who do not leave Germany voluntarily, says a document from the Christian Democrat party, reported by dpa on Friday.
Its authors call for a significant acceleration of deportations to Syria and Afghanistan in 2026. To streamline the process, they propose the creation of “exit centers” throughout the country, as well as a “deportation terminal” at Munich airport.
The Bavarian party is also signaling a tougher course towards refugees from Ukraine, of whom there are approximately 1.3 million in Germany. The document pledged to put pressure on Ukrainian men of military age to make a greater contribution to the defense of their country. However, no details were given as to what this would look like.
The internal party document also includes: a demand to introduce penalties in Germany for publicly calling for the establishment of an Islamist state or caliphate.
At the end of December, for the first time since the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, a Syrian citizen convicted of crimes was deported to this country from Germany.
The issue of deportation to Syria was agreed in the coalition agreement between the bloc of Christian Democratic parties CDU/CSU and the social democratic SPD. In recent months, the German Ministry of the Interior has been conducting talks with the new government in Syria and the Taliban, who have been ruling in Afghanistan since 2021.
At the end of November, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the civil war in Syria was over and that there were currently no reasons for Syrians to be granted asylum in Germany, so their return could begin. However, as the humanitarian situation in many regions of Syria remains critical, this comment was widely criticized, including by human rights organizations.
Police: the number of illegal entries has halved in two years
The number of illegal entries into Germany has halved over the past two years, the federal police in Potsdam said on Friday. In 2025, approximately 62.5 thousand were recorded on the borders of Germany. such cases.
In 2024, approximately 83.5 thousand were registered at German borders. illegal entries, and a year earlier – approx. 127 thousand.
From mid-September 2024, Germany has reintroduced border controls at all state borders upon entry, extending them from selected sections to the entire country. The aim was to reduce illegal migration. Border controls, formally not provided for in the Schengen area, have been extended twice so far.
Since the introduction of controls, the federal police have registered almost 68,000. illegal entries. Of this number, approximately 46 thousand people were turned back or sent back directly at the border or due to crossing it illegally, and approximately two thousand were refused entry due to the current ban. 1,945 smugglers were also detained.
In May 2025, the head of the German Interior Ministry, Alexander Dobrindt, intensified the controls introduced by the previous government. Since then, the federal police can also turn away asylum seekers, with the exception of representatives of particularly vulnerable groups, including: sick people and pregnant women.
Mateusz Obremski (PAP)
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