InfoMigrants By Marion MacGregor Published on : 2021/05/04
The first European country to revoke asylum for Syrians, Denmark is pushing ahead with plans to reach its zero-asylum-seekers target. And Syrian women are bearing the brunt of the policy.
It is becoming a familiar story: Another Syrian woman in Denmark is told by the authorities that she will soon have to go back. For Faeza Satouf the news came in an email: six years after being granted asylum in Denmark, the 25-year-old has been ordered to return to Syria.
Denmark, a country with a long history of immigration and asylum, has become the first European country to start revoking the residency permits of some Syrian refugees, arguing that the Syrian capital Damascus and neighboring regions are safe.