Overview
- The administrative court in Düsseldorf issued a final ruling permitting the deportation of a 46-year-old Syrian cook and his 26-year-old son to their home regions of Damascus and Latakia, finding no relevant individualized danger.
- Similar case-by-case conclusions from the Cologne administrative court and the Higher Administrative Court in Münster signal that protection can be denied for some Syrians from certain regions.
- Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, fresh from a Syria visit, argues returns are not feasible for now and reportedly compared parts of the country to Germany in 1945, while CDU leaders including Chancellor Friedrich Merz push to resume deportations.
- Roughly 950,000 Syrians live in Germany, with about 10,000 currently without a protection status that would bar removal, and any broader revocations depend on BAMF reviews guided by Auswärtiges Amt reporting from March 2025.
- Security conditions in Syria remain uneven with recent violence and fragile stability in multiple areas, and practical obstacles persist as a majority of attempted deportations have failed in recent years.