A plan for the future of refugees from Syria living in Germany was presented by the minister. Interior Nancy Feser just before the election. The new Islamist regime under the microscope. Almost a month has passed since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the assumption of power in the absence of Al-Sara (or Al-Jolani), now head of the transitional Islamist government in Damascus.

The big question for Germany at the moment is the future of the approximately one million refugees that the country has accepted in the last decade due to the bloody Syrian civil war, but also the management of new migration flows from the region.

Checks on BAMF files

The Federal Office for Migration and Asylum (BAMF) is expected to start checking the files of those who have received protection status in Germany while simultaneously monitoring the formation of the still fluid political scene in the country.

The aim of the German sub. of the Interior together with the sub. Foreigners are first to outline and understand the new correlations in Syria under Al-Sara. “At the moment we are mainly examining how the security situation in the area will be shaped” said the minister. Interior Nancy Feser in an interview with the Funke Group media.

What possibilities are being considered

From there, the following options should be explored: on the one hand, continuing to stay in Germany for those who are now fully integrated into German society and economy, and on the other hand, the voluntary return to Syria of those who wish to return to their homeland, in case the situation stabilizes and having the support of the German state.

Also, according to the Feser proposal, forced deportations should be possible for those who are in Germany with protection status and have committed crimes.

“In this field, the legal capabilities we now have have been strengthened and we will use them, as long as the situation in Syria allowssaid the German minister.

After the fall of Assad, the German sub. of the Interior took the decision to suspend the examination of new asylum requests from Syria, until a clear picture is formed of the new political and social situation taking shape in Syria.

According to official data from the Federal Statistical Office, approximately 975,000 people of Syrian origin live in Germany today. Most came to Germany and received asylum in 2015 because of the civil war raging in the country.