European Countries Freeze Asylum Applications From Syria After Assad’s Downfall

Some Syrian refugees say they hope to return to their country, but there are worries that the opposite may happen and the fall of Bashar al-Assad will spark another wave of disruptive immigration.

AP/Francisco Seco
Migrants in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Italian island of Lampedusa on August 11, 2022. AP/Francisco Seco

European countries are putting a freeze on asylum applications from Syria after the rapid collapse of the government of the brutal dictator, Bashar al-Assad, until a better picture emerges of the political situation in the war-torn country.

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