Overview
- CDU interior policy spokesman Alexander Throm argues the war and Assad regime are no longer valid flight reasons and calls for returning Syrians who are newly arrived or not well integrated, citing “hundreds of thousands” receiving Bürgergeld.
- SPD deputy leader Sonja Eichwede backs deportations of criminals and security threats under the coalition agreement but says any return must be judged case by case due to extensive destruction in Syria.
- Brot für die Welt and Diakonie warn that armed militias pose a serious nationwide threat and describe the humanitarian and economic situation as catastrophic, saying conditions for sustainable return are not in place.
- Diakonie proposes allowing exploratory visits to Syria without loss of protection status, and Green MP Luise Amtsberg calls for more flexible residency rules rather than political grandstanding over deportations.
- UN data indicate roughly 7 million people remain internally displaced and about 16 million need aid, with around 1 million returnees from abroad and 1.8 million internal returns recorded, while the 2025 aid plan is only about 30% funded.