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Since the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime, approximately 700 Syrians have returned with "return assistance" from the Ministry of Asylum and Migration. A government flight was deployed for the first time on Tuesday.
Dutch government's first chartered flight returns 84 Syrain refugees to Damascus
A plane departed from Rotterdam The Hague Airport carrying 84 Syrians who had been living in the Netherlands to Damascus, the Syrian capital. This is the first time the Dutch government has used a chartered flight to return Syrians to their country of origin.
For the first time, the Netherlands has chartered a plane to return a large group of Syrians to their country of origin simultaneously. Early Tuesday morning, 84 asylum seekers departed from Rotterdam Airport for Damascus. These are people who voluntarily relinquished their residence permits or their ongoing asylum procedures. The return fits into a broader trend: in recent months, more and more Syrians have chosen to leave the Netherlands.
The ever-growing group of 150,000 Syrians in our country is waving goodbye to 84 of their fellow countrymen. They voluntarily departed home this morning on the first charter flight provided by the Dutch government, receiving €2,800 in cash each. The Ministry of Asylum and Migration has invited all media outlets to demonstrate their capabilities. Now, the AD and De T. newspapers have captured a twelve-year-old boy on camera, and he (as someone wh…
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