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Will Syrian refugees stay in Germany?
DW (English)
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12/23/2024
After the fall of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship, it is still unclear how Syria will develop. There are currently 974,000 Syrian nationals living in Germany where they have built new lives after fleeing civil war.
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00:00
Geis Dayob fled the war in Syria with his family in 2014 and found a new home in Magdeburg.
00:07
Germany gave me everything. In Syria before, it was bad. I didn't have much. I couldn't do much.
00:14
So from our perspective, Germany is our home. It's our second home, you could say.
00:25
After starting work at a distribution center, he opened the Dr. Otto DIY workshop in 2019.
00:32
Back then, he was working on his own. Today, he's an employer.
00:39
I have one person working for me, so I can just order the parts or make an appointment.
00:45
And my employee can just get on with things.
00:48
We also opened a car dealership. I have an employee there, too.
00:56
So we feel like things are always moving forward.
01:02
Back in 2020, many things were still new to the parents, but their children already felt at home in Magdeburg.
01:10
Rosa was born in Germany. The children only know Syria from their parents' stories.
01:16
Madi Dayob was only three when he left Syria.
01:20
I have a few friends who speak Arabic, but I mostly speak German at school.
01:28
Now a teenager, he prefers to spend his time after school in the workshop. Cars are his great passion.
01:35
After graduating from high school, he wants to study electrical engineering and then take over the workshop.
01:43
The dream is actually to expand the workshop and make my father proud of me.
01:48
It's his dream and my dream that I take over the workshop.
01:54
Going back to Syria is out of the question for the family.
01:58
Assad is gone. That's very good. But for us, Magdeburg is home.
02:06
Two of my children were born here. I know a lot of Germans.
02:10
We want to stay here. We don't want to go back to Syria.
02:16
Gays Dayob wants his children to get to know his hometown in Syria.
02:20
He's looking forward to vacation there and a reunion with his family.
02:25
With the car repair shop and used car dealership, he's made a dream come true and ensured financial security for his family.
02:33
Now he only wants one thing above all else.
02:37
Getting German citizenship is very important for us, of course.
02:42
I don't know why it's not happened yet. We're still waiting.
02:48
The family's application was rejected this year.
02:52
But they want to apply for German passports again next year.
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