Germany increasingly revokes refugee status for Syrians
In the first half of 2026, 23.2% of reviews ended with protection being revoked or withdrawn, according to a government response to a parliamentary question by the socialist Left Party. DW has more.
Germany has been taking increasing measures to revoke the refugee status of Syrians. Much of the weekend in Germany was focused on efforts to contain wildfires in Hürtgenwald, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saarland. The Hürtgenwald wildfire, the country's largest known forest fire, was under control on Sunday after days of emergency operations.
Around 2,000 residents were evacuated from the affected area but returned home on Sunday. Meanwhile, firefighters in Belgium continued battling a major wildfire that had destroyed about 3,000 hectares in the High Fens nature reserve. Rough terrain and limited water access were cited as challenging firefighting conditions.
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