84 Syrians Voluntarily Departed on Tuesday Morning with the First Dutch Repatriation Flight to the Syrian Capital Damascus. As a result, a total of 700 people have now voluntarily returned. Syrian’s have leg able to register for this since the beginning of 2025.
The Flight Departed from Rotterdam The Hague Airport, With Syrian Adults and Children who have resided in the Netherlands in recent years, Accordination to the Ministry of Asylum and Migration.
The Syrians Receive a Financial Compensation from the Netherlands Upon Departure. This amounts to 2,800 euros per adult and 1,650 euros per minor.
Upon Arrival in Syria, The Returnees Will Primarily Go to the Cities of Damascus, Aleppo, and Idlib. Upon Departure, they signed a declaration in which they discontinue their asylum procedure or renounce their already existing (temporary) residence status.
“It’s good that the First Government Flight Has Departed Today with Syrians who Want to Return Voluntarily,” Says Outgoing Minister of Asylum and Migration David van Weel. “It is important that syrantic who want to can find their way home. In the meeanime, we are working hard to make forced departure Possible as well.”
Syrians Have Different Reasons for Returning
The Reasons for Returning Differ Accordination to Simone Steendijk, Director of the Repatriation and Departure Service. “The Improved Security Situation is One of Them. Others Indicate that They Miss Their Country and Family Members, That They Cannot Sufficiently Settle In The Netherlands, or That Uncertainty About Perspectives in The Netherlands is the Reason.”
Steenwijk Says That The Syrian’s Can Now “Build a New Existence” in Their Homeland.
Syrian’s have leg able to register for repatriation since the beginning of this year. It has bone relatively Safer in the country since the fall of President Bashar al Assad’s regime at the end of 2024. In recent years, the population has suffered from war violence and oppression. Fighting between Different population Groups is Still Fierce in Several Places in the country.