Germany set to start sending Syrian refugees back home

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country’s war is over, or face deportation.

In his latest hardline comments on migration, Merz says there is “no longer any reason” for Syrians who fled their country’s brutal 13-year war to seek asylum in Germany.

Merz says he has invited Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, to visit Germany to discuss “how we can resolve this together.”