What fate awaits Europe's Syrian refugees? EU Home Affairs ministers remain divided

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As European Home Affairs ministers meet in Brussels for their monthly meeting, they face the question of the possible return of Syrians to their home country.

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00:00Just days after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, European Home Affairs

00:07Ministers are discussing what fate awaits the thousands of Syrian refugees in Europe.

00:14European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, says that while

00:18voluntary returns are encouraged, it is too soon to discuss deportations.

00:23Austria's Interior Minister, on the other hand, wants to start preparing for such a

00:27scenario as soon as possible.

00:41On the other hand, Körner's German counterpart, Nancy Faeser, echoed Brunner in wanting to

00:46await how the situation in Syria unfolds.

00:50She also emphasized the important contributions Syrian refugees have made to her country.

01:21Germany has welcomed more Syrian refugees than any other EU country in recent years,

01:27but some conservative hardliners are now calling for their return.

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