For years there Germany it was taken as an example of integration, as an emblem of the management of migrants. But something seems to have changed, with all due respect to our local do-gooders. Despite the presence of the left in government, Berlin decided to immediately protect itself from possible new wave of refugees from Syria following the riots that caused the end of Bashar Al Assad’s government. Germany has in fact decided to block asylum procedures for Syrian citizens. According to an official from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, interviewed by the newspaper Der Spiegel, “the situation in Syria is unclear, and predicting how it will evolve politically is too difficult”.
Given the current situation, therefore, Germany has decided to opt to stop asylum procedures for Syrians. The official interviewed by the German newspaper specified that “at the moment it is not possible to formulate reliable assessments. Otherwise, every decision would be ‘on feet of clay’”. The numbers are significant: the stop would affect approximately 47 thousand asylum applications. But Germany is not the only one to have opted for this move. Even theAustriaas announced by the Kronen Zeitung newspaper, has decided to interrupt all ongoing asylum procedures for Syrian citizens.
The political debate on the permanence of Syrians in Germany is already underway: several CDU politicians have already expressed their opinion in favor of the return of Syrian refugees to their country of origin. Green and SPD politicians called for restraint given the unclear situation. What is certain is that the government led by Olaf Scholz has preferred to put its hands forward, even if the details of the initiative have yet to be perfected: it is not yet known for how long the aforementioned office – the Bamf – will postpone asylum applications . A significant detail, considering that there are over 900 thousand Syrians in the country, the largest group of asylum seekers since 2014.
That’s not all. Germany has in fact warned against radicalization in Syria after the removal of Bashar al-Assad. The Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock he labeled the fall of the Syrian leader as a “great relief” but at the same time underlined that “the country must not now fall into the hands of other radicals, whatever form they take”, inviting the parties in conflict to assume their responsibilities in the towards all Syrians and urged the protection of minorities. He recalled that Assad “murdered, tortured and used poisonous gas against his own population.”
Germany is no longer a champion of hospitality, we have understood this for some time. From the morality of the need to integrate migrants, to double-locked borders. A surprising metamorphosis, especially thinking back to the criticism of the Italian government’s policies. Now that the the risk of a migratory collapse is realBerlin thinks of itself. Through the Balkan route, the displaced Syrians could arrive in Europe, while through the Mediterranean they could reach the countries bordering it. Germany has its own concerns, being the third largest host of Syrian refugees in the world and the largest in Europe.
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