Overview
- The Interior Ministry confirmed that a 32-year-old convicted offender was returned to Damascus on a scheduled flight, marking the second deportation to Syria since Assad’s fall.
- At the CSU’s Seeon retreat, party leaders pressed a plan to remove most Syrians without residence rights, proposing commercial return flights, nationwide exit centers, and a dedicated deportation terminal at Munich Airport.
- Marcel Fratzscher of DIW and economist Jens Südekum cautioned that large-scale removals could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and push Germany back into recession.
- German media report that Berlin is planning talks later this month with Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Scharaa to arrange returns, following late‑2025 contacts seen as enabling limited removals.
- Migration law experts say any expansion will face strict individual protection reviews, court challenges, and logistical caps, with estimates of roughly 200 deportees per flight keeping totals constrained.