A demonstrator holds a Syrian opposition flag while members of the Syrian community chant slogans in Athens' Syntagma Square to celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Dec. 8, 2024. (Credit: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP)
Greece on Wednesday suspended all decisions on asylum applications by Syrians after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the migration minister announced.
Greece, the entry point for many of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians in Europe, is the latest European country to take the action. "We are temporarily freezing ... all procedures [for Syrians] until we have evaluated the new data," Migration Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos told Real FM radio.
Greece on Wednesday suspended all decisions on asylum applications by Syrians after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the migration minister announced.
Greece, the entry point for many of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians in Europe, is the latest European country to take the action. "We are temporarily freezing ... all procedures [for Syrians] until we have evaluated the new data," Migration Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos told Real FM radio.
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