Headline : German court denies protection status to Syrians

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For asylum seekers from Syria, a ruling could have far-reaching consequences: the Münster Higher Administrative Court in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has ruled that some regions in Syria are not generally unsafe, despite the ongoing civil war.

This is the reasoning given by the court on Monday for rejecting the appeal of a Syrian who entered Germany in 2014 and sought before the court to qualify for subsidiary protection status. Subsidiary protection is available to those who do not qualify as refugees as defined by the Geneva Refugee Convention, but who are in serious danger in their home country.

Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees had previously denied the Syrian man refugee status or subsidiary protection status as a civil war refugee because he had been involved in smuggling people from Turkey to Europe before entering Germany. For this, he was sentenced to several years in prison in Austria.

He then took his case to the Higher Administrative Court, which has now ruled that the plaintiff from the Syrian province of Hasaka is not eligible for refugee status because the situation in Syria poses no personal danger to him. Furthermore, according to the court, his criminal activities would disqualify him from being granted protection. An appeal against this decision may be submitted to the Federal Administrative Court.

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