Jens Spahn, a senior member of Germany’s opposition Christian Democrats ( cdu ), suggested handing €1,000 ($1,050) to any Syrian who wished to go home. Austria’s government even instructed officials to prepare deportation plans.

By Karolina Tagaris , Edward McAllister and Riham Alkousaa ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.

Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe.

Nearly a million Syrians in Germany alone have made new lives. But after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, some politicians across the continent have suggested that refugees could return home.

As Syria enters the post-Assad era, EU policymakers need to learn from their failed approach to the country's civil war. The post Europe Needs to Update Its Thinking for a Post-Assad Syria appeared first on World Politics Review.

Several countries, including France and Germany, have announced that they are suspending decisions on asylum applications from Syria. Far-right parties, meanwhile, have re-opened a political and legal debate on refugee deportation.

New York Post contributor Douglas Murray explains the impact of the Syrian civil war on Europe during an appearance on ‘America’s Newsroom.’

STORY: Najem al-Moussa and his family have been glued to the news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow in their tiny Athens apartment.Although delighted he is gone, Moussa now fears his family will be forced to return to the devastated country they fled in 2015.

Chancellor Scholz believes that refugees from Syria may voluntarily return to their homeland when the situation stabilizes. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) believes that the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland at present would be premature.