{"id":131901,"date":"2025-11-08T12:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=131901"},"modified":"2025-11-08T12:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:12:58","slug":"germany-rejects-nearly-2000-syrian-asylum-applications-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/131901\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany rejects nearly 2,000 Syrian Asylum applications in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>New statistics from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) revealed on Saturday a dramatic increase in rejected asylum applications from Syrian nationals in October, with 1,906 applications denied compared to only 163 rejections during the first nine months of 2025.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early December 2024, BAMF suspended most decisions on Syrian asylum cases, citing rapid developments in Syria following the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BAMF said it had continued processing applications involving criminals and individuals deemed potential security threats, adding that in certain \u201cjustified individual cases,\u201d complete rejection decisions were also issued against Syrian citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the end of September, the office has resumed processing files of young, employable, and unaccompanied Syrian men. BAMF clarified that, even in such cases, full rejections may be issued if applicants fail to present specific individual grounds for persecution, based on country-of-origin information and prior court rulings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reiterated his push to resume deportations to Syria \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German government has also emphasized plans to accelerate the deportation of convicted criminals and individuals classified as security risks \u2014 defined by authorities as those capable of committing serious crimes or terrorist acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reporting by Malin Mohammed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Editing by Jwan Shekaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 New statistics from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) revealed on Saturday a dramatic increase in rejected asylum applications from Syrian nationals in October, with 1,906 applications denied compared to only 163 rejections during the first nine months of 2025. 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