Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) has recently prepared a proposal calling on the German government to deport Afghan and Syrian nationals from the country and to return Ukrainian men to their homeland to fight against Russia.
The proposal states that the deportation of Afghans and Syrians should be carried out compulsorily. According to a document prepared for the party’s upcoming session in the German parliament, the CSU parliamentary group believes that after the end of the civil war in Syria, the “main reason for protection” for many Syrian refugees has ceased to exist.
German media have not clarified whether the party’s proposal targets all Afghans and Syrians living in Germany or specific categories of them.
The document states that individuals who do not leave Germany voluntarily should be deported as quickly as possible, and that their return must be enforced even in the event of opposition.
Another section of the document proposes that in 2026 a “large-scale deportation operation” be carried out using regular flights, including to Syria and Afghanistan.
The CSU parliamentary group has also called for the establishment of nationwide departure centers, as well as a special deportation terminal at Munich Airport.
In another part of the document, the CSU faction has called for the deportation of individuals described as “enemies of democracy,” emphasizing that public calls for the establishment of a “caliphate” or an “Islamic state” should be criminalized.
According to the proposal, calls to abolish Germany’s democratic order or the commission of anti-Semitic crimes should lead to mandatory revocation of residence permits and, in cases of dual citizenship, to the stripping of citizenship.
These positions have been met with strong criticism from Germany’s Left Party.
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, had previously called for the rapid resumption of deportations to Syria, particularly in the case of individuals with criminal records.
According to statistics from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, the number of Syrian citizens entering Germany has declined significantly since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government at the end of 2024.
