The UK has suspended decisions on Syrian asylum claims, after the country’s President, Bashar al-Assad was ousted.
UK’s Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper said the situation was “moving extremely fast after the fall of the Assad regime” and some people were coming back to Syria in the aftermath of recent developments.
Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied rebel factions took control of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday after years of civil war.
In reaction, UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the end of Assad’s “barbaric regime” in Syria and conseqyently called for the restoration of “peace and stability”.
Germany, France and Sweden are part of the countries that have also suspended all pending asylum requests from Syrians. Austria on the other hand, signalled it will soon deport refugees back to the country.
Millions of Syrians fled the country when the civil war broke out in 2011, after Assad savagely suppressed a pro-democracy uprising.
