Denmark Will Pay 27,000 Euros to Every Syrian Who Returns to Syria

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How EU countries want to persuade Syrians to leave the country

Following the collapse of the Assad regime, the future of the more than 1.6 million Syrians who have sought refuge within the EU in recent years is highly uncertain. In addition to freezing asylum decisions, many member states are currently discussing how voluntary return could be accelerated. And some are even digging deep into their pockets to do so ...

Austria took the lead on Wednesday and announced that it would pay every Syrian willing to leave the country up to 1000 euros for a "new start". As reported, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) had recently announced his intention to offer support to Syrians wishing to return. There was even talk of organizing flights. In addition, all Syrian asylum applications (currently almost 15,000) will be frozen. Family reunification is also suspended.

Denmark offers each adult 27,000 euros

Now Denmark, led by the Social Democrats (!), is following suit. There, too, the processing of asylum applications from Syrian citizens is being stopped. And even more: adults who return to Syria will receive an average of 200,000 Danish kroner (around 27,000 euros), with each child receiving 50,000 kroner (around 6,700 euros).

Danish Integration Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek told Bild newspaper: "Since 2015, just over 5,100 Syrians have emigrated from Denmark - of which almost 600 Syrians with legal residency have been voluntarily repatriated from Denmark to Syria since 2019 with financial support under the repatriation law. I hope that even more people will make use of the offer in light of the new developments."

Prime Ministers with a clear message to Syrians

Denmark's Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who politically belongs to the S&D Group (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament), but is often alone among European Social Democrats in her stance on immigration policy, expects Syrians to return to their homeland to rebuild their country after the fall of Assad's regime: "If I were forced to flee Denmark, I would have a burning desire to return. This is my country, my language and the place where my family has lived for generations," said Frederiksen.

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