Sending Syrians home
A young man tells his story. And a feast to remember
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The Big Story:
Syrians are in focus on International Migrants Day (Dec 18)1 with Turkey and Europe beginning a push to send them home. But it’s a delicate issue as the situation in post-Assad Syria remains volatile and many Syrian refugees themselves are uncertain about leaving their new homes.
In the very first week after the Assad regime’s fall, countries from the UK to Germany put asylum applications from Syrian nationals on hold. Austria proposed “orderly repatriations and deportations” of Syrians. Turkey’s foreign minister said his country would work for the "safe and voluntary return home" of Syrian refugees.
Experts say the calls for Syrians to speedily return home has more to do with the “toxic migration debate than with the situation in Syria”.2
This Week, Those Books:
The young Syrian refugee who dared to tell his story. The whole story.
And recipes from Syria, that create home where ever there is a hearth.
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