The fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime has been welcomed by globalist leaders, but there are growing fears that destabilization at home could lead to a repeat of the migration crisis that destabilized Europe.
President Bashar al-Assad fled the country to seek asylum in Russia after rebels, including the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadist militia, stormed Damascus last weekend. The 50-year dynasty of Damascus has come to an end. capital of Syria.
European leaders were quick to praise the fall of Assad on Sunday. French President Emmanuel Macron shouted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said: “The barbarous state has collapsed.” said Berlin said it supported “all Syrians full of hope for a free, fair and safe Syria.”
Keir Starmer British Prime Minister said “The Syrian people have suffered for too long under Assad's brutal regime and we welcome his departure.”
However, there are growing concerns that large numbers of Syrians will once again flow into Europe, as happened during Europe's migration crisis in 2015, when many fled the country due to civil war.
Jordan Bardella, leader of the French populist party National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen. warned“Within months, we may be paying the price for the Islamic fundamentalist seizure of power through large-scale migration flows.”
Anti-mass immigration members of the European Parliament have pointed to the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed by Western-backed rebels in Libya in 2011 during the so-called Arab Spring, as an example of overthrowing a dictator. . The Middle East could have an even worse outcome, with implications for Europe.
After former German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in 2015 to open Europe's doors to a large influx of foreigners from Africa and the Middle East, Germany, which has been the brunt of most Syrian migrants, is now house There are 974,136 Syrian nationals, of whom more than 600,000 live in Syria on temporary residence permits.
Following a series of Islamist terrorist attacks in Germany this year, Prime Minister Olaf Scholz's leftist government resumed deportations to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and over the summer the High Administrative Court of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia state The court ruled that it was safe. Enough to start deporting immigrants back to their home countries.
Some Syrians who took part in anti-Assad demonstrations in Berlin after the regime fell said they intended to return home this weekend, while others planned to remain in Germany.
“It is clear that Germans who celebrate a 'free Syria' no longer have a reason to flee,” said Alice Weidel, chancellor candidate for the anti-mass immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD). They should return to Syria immediately. ”
Even before Assad's regime was toppled in Damascus over the weekend, there were warnings that a new migrant crisis could be looming in Syria, where years of civil war have severely disrupted the country's agriculture and supply chains. Ta.
The United Nations World Food Program warned Up to 1.5 million Syrians could be forced to flee their homes due to the impending food crisis.
Although some of this migration is likely to head to other parts of the country, many neighboring countries still host large numbers of Syrians. New immigrants may therefore seek refuge in Europe, where they can benefit from extensive social welfare programs and free housing, making their options more attractive.
British MP Rupert Lowe, a member of Nigel Farage's British Reform Party, predicted a further surge in immigration, saying: said: “There is now an urgent need to implement a zero-tolerance policy, where illegal immigrants will be detained and deported.
“We know nothing about who these men are, where they came from, or their true motives. We have to send a message: If you come illegally, you can't stay.”
