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UK says 'no basis' for Syrians to make asylum claims after Assad's fall (www.middleeasteye.net)
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The UK government has announced it is suspending all Syrian asylum claims - just a day after the Assad dynasty was toppled in Syria.

There are around 30,000 Syrian nationals living in the UK, a relatively small amount compared with many European countries.

The government's decision to pause asylum claims followed the same decisions by Germany, which has taken in nearly a million Syrians fleeing the country's war, and other European countries including Greece, Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium.

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[โ€“] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Seems beyond heartless to be sending people back or denying people that have already been on the journey. If they start their Journey today I might understand it but most people are that are reaching their shorts today have been on the road for months. What do they have to go back to at this point?

Not even mentioning that we don't know what the new government's going to be like.

[โ€“] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

What you don't trust a rebrand of Al Qaeda to be a safe and stable government?