Overview

• Tamara Zieschang urged that deportation flights to Syria restart as soon as conditions allow, focusing on convicted offenders and those deemed security threats.
• The first charter flight departed Leipzig on July 19 under the CDU/SPD coalition agreement’s mandate to resume returns.
• Germany’s coalition agreement mandates deportations of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan and Syria, starting with convicted offenders and security risks.
• Saxony-Anhalt continues to offer incentives for voluntary repatriation to Syria even as forced returns are prepared.
• United Nations reports of renewed fighting and displacement of roughly 145,000 people in southern Syria underscore ongoing safety challenges.