Dusseldorf (dpa) – A German court on Wednesday approved the deportation of two Syrian men, ruling that they no longer face significant danger if
returned to their home country.
The administrative court in Dusseldorf said in two separate rulings that the security situation in the men’s home regions, the provinces of Damascus and
Latakia, did not expose them to indiscriminate violence at a level that would constitute a serious threat.
It also said there was no expectation of their impoverishment upon return.
The decisions cannot be appealed.
Both men, a 46-year-old cook and his 26-year-old son, had earlier also failed to gain refugee protection in Austria. Neither had committed any crimes
while living in Germany.
According to Germany’s Central Register of Foreign Nationals, some 951,400 Syrians were living in the country as of the end of August. The Interior
Ministry said that 920 Syrians currently reside in Germany without legal status, and are required to leave the country.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has urged the swift resumption of deportations to Syria, following the fall of the al-Assad regime in December and the rise of
a transitional government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said, Berlin is working on agreements with Damascus to make speedy returns possible.
“We want to reach an agreement with Syria this year and then initially deport criminals, and later people without a right of residence,” he told the
Rheinische Post newspaper in September.
GNA