Denmark Wants to Deport Criminal Syrians, but Damascus Talks Bring Bad News
Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Denmark is seeking authority to forcibly return Syrians who lack legal residence, citing their overrepresentation in crime statistics and at deportation facilities.
- The effort encountered difficulties during a press conference in Damascus involving Danish officials and Syria’s foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani.
Denmark’s push to forcibly return Syrians without legal residence ran into trouble during a press conference in Damascus. The government has been working to send unwanted Syrian nationals back, but Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani delivered bad news at the event.
Syrians are overrepresented in Danish crime statistics, and the Middle Eastern nationality has traditionally been among the largest groups at Kærshovedgård deportation center. Those factors have helped drive the government’s effort to make compulsory returns possible.
The latest setback came during discussions in Damascus, where the Danish plan encountered opposition from the Syrian side. The brief account does not provide further details of al-Shaibani’s position or the specific terms under discussion.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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