"Most Syrian refugees in Germany expected to return home in three years"
Posted on 03/30/2026 5:59:47 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that he and the Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hope that 80% of the Syrians in Germany will return home in the next three years.
During the civil war in Syria, almost a million Syrians sought refuge in Germany.
Speaking after a meeting with Sharaa in Berlin, Chancellor Merz said that more than a year after the end of the war, the situation in Syria had "now changed fundamentally" and that "the need for protection must therefore be reassessed".
But there was little detail as to how the returns would come about.
Merz's government has taken a tougher line on refugees and migrants as support for the anti-immigration AfD party has surged.
He said initially the priority would be returning "those who no longer have a valid residence rights", especially criminal offenders.
But he said more would follow.
"Looking ahead over the next three years – as Sharaa has expressed his hope – around 80% of Syrians currently residing in Germany are expected to return to their home country," Merz said.
He added that many Syrian refugees had made a major contribution in Germany but that most wanted to return home, where they would play an important role in rebuilding Syria in the years ahead.
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Instead of three years why not right now!
Because he and his coalition have no intention to deport. However the AfD will in 2028 when they Win the election. Hence the “Head Fake” by the current administration.
Hope is not a strategy.
Hmm. Do they have free stuff and white women to rape in Syria? Hope in one hand and crap in the other Fred Mertz. Effing loser.
Only by a change in the German government will the illegal invaders ever be deported. That’s the truth and the reality.
Sounds like an election strategy to me: “All the crime that you voters don’t like is being committed by these Syrians. After the election, 80% of them will return to Syria. No need to vote for THOSE people who want to deport them”.
He seems to be giving Syrians talking points on how to answer pollsters asking if they plan to return home.
Yeah good luck with that
Is that when their welfare runs out ?LOL
Yeah, sure. And I promise to love you in the morning.
“Expected” LOL
"Most Syrian refugees in Germany expected to return home in three years"
You believe this I have a nice bridge I know you’d like.
I didn’t see anything about how their going to pull off this magic trick.
And these men want to have sex with German women. If not consensually, then by force.
Turns out the mass rapes of German teen and adult women by "refugees" are "problematic" for those who are pushing unlimited Third World immigration.
So what are Germans to do? Why, run a study to determine how to get German women to willfully sleep with Third World 80-IQ savages.
There it is, that wonderful sense of humor again...
Send the locusts on to the next country.
“hope”
Just in time for the next wave of refugees that will be coming from Iran.
Nope they won’t leave. Not my 1st rodeo.
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