Overview
- The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees reports 5,976 applications for state-funded return assistance by the end of December 2025, with 3,678 voluntary departures to Syria recorded.
- Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, authorities resumed selective asylum processing for Syrians and decided about 25,300 cases in 2025, including roughly 9,600 rejections.
- Officials reviewed nearly 17,800 existing protections for possible revocation last year and withdrew status in about 660 cases.
- Germany conducted its first deportations of convicted Syrian offenders before Christmas, and the government says removals are currently limited to that group.
- Germany counts about 1.22 million people of Syrian origin, with integration reflected in 82,000 naturalizations in 2024 and roughly 287,000 Syrians in work, including many in essential jobs.