Politician Suggests Germany Pay Refugees To Return to Syria

Aftershocks of Assad’s fall send European leaders reeling as countries freeze asylum requests and look warily to the east.

AP/Markus Schreiber
Migrants and refugees line up at the central registration center for refugees and asylum seekers at Berlin, Germany. AP/Markus Schreiber

ATHENS — Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered in downtown Athens on Sunday to celebrate the fall of the Assad regime, but for the multitudes of Syrian asylum seekers in Europe the party may be short-lived

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