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Syrian passports: How German money funds war crimes in Syria

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Adam Yasmin, 27, was arrested and tortured in Syria when he was 16. He fled the country and now lives in Freiburg in Baden-W�rttemberg. Yasmin applied for German citizenship but was told he needed a Syrian passport. Germany's Interior Ministry says every state has a sovereign right to issue its own passports and charge a fee for this.

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Syrian passports: How German money funds war crimes in Syria

Syrians in Germany are forced to go back to the government that imprisoned or tortured them to get a new passport. The money they pay for passports funds a regime that the German government sanctions, activists say.

1 month ago·Germany

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