Syrian refugees in Austria: Return impossible despite the change of regime!

Syrian refugees in Austria: Return impossible despite the change of regime!

Wien, Österreich - The message suggests: the Assad regime is a thing of the past! But for many Syrian refugees in Germany, returning home is still unimaginable. Despite the situation in Syria, around 100,000 Syrians are currently living in Austria, and only a few dozen have so far decided to return to their homeland. The Federal Government also created an incentive for a voluntary return, including a bonus of 1,000 euros and support from a state travel agency. But the success does not take place; The estimated number of returnees moves in the double -digit range, such as krone.at reported.

fear and uncertainty shape the image

Many refugees are unsettled by the current debate between the Austrian authorities. Abdulhkeem Alshater, a spokesman for the Austro Syrian Association, describes the concerns of the Syrians: "The phones were hot over the holidays. Syrians in Austria are unsettled. Even minors believe that they are now being deported." The general situation in Syria gives little hope of an early return - Alshater warns that fear and violence in cities and homs still prevail. In the meantime, the migration expert Judith Kohlenberger says that an uncoordinated wave of return could plunge the already fragile country into further conflicts.

The situation in Germany is similar. Many Syrians also celebrated the end of the regime there, but experts consider a mass return to be unlikely. Prof. Oltmer emphasizes that after the Bosnia war in the 1990s, only a small number of around 350,000 refugees actually returned. Many refugees in Germany have made roots, sent their children to school and are planning their future here. . The debate about the return of refugees unsettles those who are already integrated and endangers the successes that companies, schools and municipalities have invested in integration, according to Deutschlandfunk .