Daniel Thym, a Konstanz asylum law expert, advocates for a differentiated approach to Syrian refugees in Germany, if the situation in Syria stabilizes. “Legally, every individual protection title would need to be checked,” Thym told the Welt (Monday edition).
“The Asylum Law requires the protection title to be revoked if the conditions for its grant no longer apply.” In practice, he can hardly imagine how this would work. “It’s to be feared that it would lead to a collapse of the entire asylum system and the administrative courts, if hundreds of thousands of Syrians went through the procedure at the Bamf and then appealed against the decisions.”
He finds a more sensible approach would be to “limit the revocation checks to specific groups”. The Syrians have integrated into German society to varying degrees, Thym said. Some have already become German citizens, while others have a permanent residence permit because they can largely finance their own living and have learned some German.
“Even if one were to take away their protection title, one could not simply deport them in most cases. It would be a waste of resources to thoroughly review the protection titles here,” the expert said. “Other Syrians are less integrated and do not yet have a fixed residence title. Revocation checks should focus on this group.