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Germany Studying Ways to Deport Syrian Criminals, Extremists

Refugees from Syria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan wait at the first registration point for migrants in southern Germany, September 2015 (Getty Images)
Refugees from Syria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan wait at the first registration point for migrants in southern Germany, September 2015 (Getty Images)
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Germany Studying Ways to Deport Syrian Criminals, Extremists

Refugees from Syria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan wait at the first registration point for migrants in southern Germany, September 2015 (Getty Images)
Refugees from Syria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan wait at the first registration point for migrants in southern Germany, September 2015 (Getty Images)

The German Interior Ministry is studying different ways to deport Syrian criminals and extremists.

State Secretary Helmut Teichmann told the German Press Agency that the ministry had examined various options since the conference of interior ministers in autumn 2020, including the possibility of deporting criminals and people who have given a false identity to “parts of the country that are not controlled by the Syrian army.”

Teichmann said they are also considering whether to exempt convicted Syrians serving their remaining sentence.

"The prerequisite for this is, of course, in each individual case that the public prosecutor agrees."

According to The Federal Ministry of Interior, 347 Syrians received financial support from Germany in 2019 to return home.

Last year, despite the coronavirus pandemic, 83 people returned to Syria with state aid. In the first five months of this year, 42 Syrians also received helped to return.

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US Recognizes Opposition Candidate as Winner of Venezuela's Election

A protester throws a gas canister back at police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
A protester throws a gas canister back at police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
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US Recognizes Opposition Candidate as Winner of Venezuela's Election

A protester throws a gas canister back at police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
A protester throws a gas canister back at police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

The stakes grew higher for Venezuela's electoral authority to show proof backing its decision to declare President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the country's presidential election after the United States on Thursday recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González as the victor, discrediting the official results of the vote.
The US announcement followed calls from multiple governments, including close allies of Maduro, for Venezuela's National Electoral Council to release detailed vote counts, as it has done during previous elections, The Associated Press reported.
The electoral body declared Maduro the winner Monday, but the main opposition coalition revealed hours later that it had evidence to the contrary in the form of more than two-thirds of the tally sheets that each electronic voting machine printed after polls closed.
“Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
Maduro responded with a quick admonishment: "The United States needs to keep its nose out of Venezuela!”
The US government announcement came amid diplomatic efforts to persuade Maduro to release vote tallies from the election and increasing calls for an independent review of the results, according to officials from Brazil and México.
Government officials from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have been in constant communication with Maduro's administration to convince him that he must show the vote tally sheets from Sunday's election and allow impartial verification, a Brazilian government official told AP Thursday.

On Monday, after the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner of the election, thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets. The government said it arrested hundreds of protesters and Venezuela-based human rights organization Foro Penal said 11 people were killed. Dozens more were arrested the following day, including a former opposition candidate, Freddy Superlano.