‘Send Refugees Back to Syria,’ Germany’s AfD Party Tells Merkel Government

Anti-mass immigration party to place a motion to this effect in German parliament next week.

by Vijeta Uniya

The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is calling for the repatriation of half a million Syrian refugees living in Germany, saying the imminent defeat of Islamic State makes the Arab country safe to return to. The party will be tabling a motion to this effect in the parliament next week, German media reports.

Last month, the US-backed Kurdish forces captured the Syrian city of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State. With Islamic State losing most of its territory, President Trump’s promise to “utterly destroy ISIS” appears to be close to realization. While the Islamist ideology remains a threat to the civilized world, the Islamic State caliphate that had managed to seize a large swath of territory in Syria and Iraq under President Obama’s watch, has lost 90 percent of that ground since President Trump took office.

With the imminent collapse of the Islamic State, AfD party argues, Germany is under no obligation to give refuge to Syrian migrants, and they must all return home. The party posted a brief statement on social media explaining its position:

In an interview given the newspaper DIE WELT, the party leader Alice Weidel explained the demand of the [AfD’s] parliamentary group urging the government to negotiate with Syria for the return of refugees.

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