The CSU, which forms the government in Berlin together with the CDU and SPD, believes that for most Syrians receiving 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.
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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” and “deportation terminal” throughout the country at Munich airport.
They want to get rid of Syrian refugees from Germany
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 commits to: putting 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 proposal 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 Interior Ministry has led the way 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. Because though The humanitarian situation in many regions of Syria remains critical, this comment was widely criticized, including by human rights organizations.
