Overview
- CDU/CSU interior spokesman Alexander Throm argues the original flight reasons ended a year ago and urges deportations for recent arrivals or those not well integrated.
- Throm calls permanent residence a reward for only the “best integrated” Syrians who can sustainably support themselves and cites “hundreds of thousands” on Bürgergeld as unjustifiable without protection grounds.
- SPD deputy Sonja Eichwede backs returning criminals and security threats under coalition rules but says broader returns must depend on individual safety assessments given widespread destruction.
- Brot für die Welt and Diakonie contend Syria remains unsafe due to armed militias and a catastrophic humanitarian and economic situation, and Diakonie proposes exploratory trips without loss of protection status.
- No federal policy change has been announced as the debate resurfaces around the first anniversary of the HTS takeover of Damascus and Assad’s flight to Russia.