Germany has stopped processing some applications for asylum by Syrian refugees, pending a new assessment of the security situation in the war-torn ...
BERLIN: Germany has stopped processing some applications for asylum by Syrian refugees, pending a new assessment of the security situation in the war-torn country, according to a report on Saturday .
As a consequence of the Germany's halting of some asylum applications, refugee organisations fear Angela Merkel's government will reject more applications from Syria if there is no longer armed conflict there, say Funke. Germany has been deeply polarised by Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 decision to open the country's borders to those fleeing conflict and persecution at the height of Europe's migrant crisis.
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