(AFP) Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country’s war is over or face deportation.
In his latest hardline comments on migration, Merz said there was “no longer any reason” for Syrians who fled their country’s brutal 13-year war to seek asylum in Germany.
“For those who refuse to return to their country, we can of course expel them,” he said during a visit to Husum, in northern Germany.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Thursday on a trip to Damascus that the potential for Syrians to return was “very limited” since the war had destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure.
