German U-Turn

Another scrap of paper? Or is a U-Turn different?

According to a Daily Telegraph article in July Germany stated:

The United Nations has said the "conditions for the safe return of refugees" are therefore "not present".

However, the Christian Democrats said the interior ministry does not go far enough, with Mario Voigt, a senior politician, calling for any Syrian national who does not have the right to remain in Germany to be deported.

Mr Voigt told the Stern magazine: "The court ruled correctly that there is no serious and general danger to life and limb in Syria. Therefore, it is absolutely wrong to continue to grant subsidised protection to refugees from Syria in general."

He also said Germany should openly "enter into a dialogue with the Assad regime together with other EU states".

Got that one wrong Mr. Scholz and companions?

Because on the 7th of December according to Al Jazeera

The country's top diplomat calls the fall of the Syrian leader "a great relief" for the people of the war-torn country".

"The end of al-Assad [regime] represents for millions of people in Syria a great relief," said Annalena Baerbock in a long series of posts on X, adding, "the country must not now fall into the hands of other radicals, whatever form they take".

The foreign minister called on the parties to the conflict to live up to their responsibilities for all Syrians and urged the protection of minorities.

She reminded that al-Assad "murdered, tortured, and used poison gas against his own population".

"He must finally be held accountable for this," she added.

Sources: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/28/germany-talking-with-taliban-to-send-back-criminal-migrants/

and

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/7/syria-war-live-news-govt-says-president-al-assad-has-not-fled-damascus?update=3372065