Austria deports man to Syria for first time in 15 years

<p>Syrian man, 32, was granted asylum in 2014 but lost refugee status because of a criminal conviction</p><p>Austria has returned a Syrian with a criminal conviction to his birth country in what it described as the first such deportation since the fall of the Assad regime.</p><p>“The deportation carried out today is part of a strict and thus fair asylum policy,” Austria’s interior minister, Gerhard Karner, said in a statement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/03/austria-syria-deportation-assad-criminal-asylum">Continue reading...</a>