The Austrian authorities departed a convicted criminal on Thursday. This is the first deportation of an EU Member State after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
“The deportation today is part of a harsh and therefore fair asylum policy,” Interior Minister Gerhard Carner said, stressing that “we will continue to try to remove convicted criminals from the country, with hard work and determination, even in the case of Syria.”
According to the Austrian interior ministry, this is the first analogue deportation for about 15 years.
The 32 -year -old man received asylum in Austria in 2014, but lost his refugee regime in 2019 because of his criminal record.
The Austrian and Syrian authorities agreed to expulsion last week, but the process was delayed due to the closure of the airspace on the sidelines of the Iran-Israel conflict.
Austria, which hosts almost 100,000 Syrians, had “put on the ice” since December all asylum applications after the fall of Assad.
The new conservative government seeks to extend strict policy to other nationalities, by suspending, inter alia, the family reunification process.
In April, Carner visited Syria with his German counterpart Nancy Fezer for discussions on returns and deportations.
At the same time, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrid said that he was seeking direct talks with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, with the aim of expulsion of Afghan criminals from Germany.
Source :Skai
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