About 45,000 Syrians benefit from political refugee status in FranceMany of them fled their homeland shortly after the start of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad in 2011, according to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA).
And he said Michel Morzier, Honorary President of Reviver Which has been hosting Syrian refugees in France since 2004, many of them have faced a dilemma since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime following an attack launched by a coalition of opposition factions.
On the sidelines of a demonstration that included a little more than 200 Syrians and their supporters on Sunday in Paris, Morzier confirmed, “Some need to go to see their families, as they have not kissed their parents for more than ten years, and others want to get news about their missing loved ones, and see the lists, and they… We’re raring to go.”
He continued, “But if we adhere to the current law, the refugee who returns to his country of origin after requesting asylum in France is no longer entitled to obtain status upon his return.”
The Reviver organization calls on the French authorities to “make a moral and humanitarian commitment by saying that Syrian refugees can go to Syria without there being any problems upon their return to France.”
Several European countries, including Germany, Austria and Britain, decided to freeze measures Asylum application for Syrian citizens Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
The war in Syria has claimed half a million lives since 2011, displaced millions more and divided the country into several spheres of influence, with foreign powers supporting various armed factions.