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EU updates asylum guidance for Syrians a year after Assad’s fall
The EUAA updates asylum criteria affecting 110,000 Syrians as risks shift post-Assad, with 704,900 granted refugee status in Europe through mid-2025, officials said.
- The European Union issued updated guidance for asylum applications by Syrian nationals to reflect new conditions in Syria a year after the fall of Bashar Assad.
- The guidance states that opponents of Assad and military service evaders are no longer at risk of persecution, but other groups like former government affiliates and certain ethnic-religious groups may be considered at risk.
- While decisions are made nationally, the guidance aims to create coherence across EU member states, Norway, and Switzerland, who have granted refugee status to around 704,900 Syrians since 2012.
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Arab NewsEU updates asylum guidance for Syrians a year after Assad’s fall
The European Union on Wednesday issued updated guidance for asylum applications by Syrian nationals that reflects new conditions in Syria a year after the fall of the Bashar Assad. The changes may influence the result of asylum requests of some 110,000 Syrians who were still awaiting an asylum decision at the end of September.
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