German Foreign Ministry warns of deportation to Syria
German interior ministers are discussing the deportations of criminals and perpetrators to civil war Syria. The Foreign Office has considerable reservations.
According to a report by "Süddeutscher Zeitung", NDR and WDR and the German Redaktionsnetzwerk (RND), the Federal Foreign Office warns against deportations to Syria, as they have recently brought some Union politicians into the conversation. "There is no comprehensive, long-term, and dependable protection for persecuted persons in any part of Syria," the SZ quoted in its Tuesday issue from the State Department's shuttered new state report. For returnees, therefore, the risk remains high.
"Within the particularly close-to-the-regime security authorities, but also in parts of the population characterized by conflict and extreme polarization, returnees are considered cowards and deserters, in the worst case even as traitors or supporters of terrorists," the Foreign Ministry warns accordingly. Male returnees between the ages of 18 and 42 would normally be drafted into the military but were previously detained for several months for desertion.
Thousands of deaths from torture
According to RND, the 28-page annual report paints a bleak picture of the security and human rights situation in Syria. "Torture does not stop children in Syria." Thus, "countless cases have been documented in which individual family members, not infrequently women and children, were detained and tortured for activities of other family members whom the regime considers hostile". In total, the report has reported around 13,000 confirmed deaths since torture since 2011. Finally, "rape, torture and systematic violence against women are being carried out by the Syrian military and allied groups, including border checkpoints, military checkpoints, and detention centers". The forced recruitment of children to military service has increased steadily since 2014.
The Federal Foreign Office had already announced last week that the report was ready. He should serve as a decision-making body for asylum procedures in domestic authorities and courts. Since the report is classified as classified, the Foreign Office did not comment on the content. From 28 to 30 November, the country's interior ministers will come together for their conference in Magdeburg. The current deportation ban to Syria expires at the end of December.
Herrmann: Dismiss serious offenders and perpetrators to Syria
The current deportation ban for Syria expires in December. On Wednesday, the interior ministers of the Länder want to discuss an extension at their conference in Magdeburg. Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) had demanded in the past week to deport at least serious offenders and so-called perpetrators to Syria, "as soon as the situation permits". Similarly, Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) had expressed.
The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad officially calls refugees to return. Even a Minister for Refugee Return was appointed and a "Return Commission" established. In the situation report of the foreign office, it is said, however, according to "SZ", with associated "security checks" could already be sufficient from the origin of a local opposition to violence or state repression. There were cases known in which returnees were arrested or permanently "disappeared" since their entry. Also on security guarantees is obviously no reliance.
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