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‘We need time’: Syrians in Europe resist calls to return home

Refugees in Germany and elsewhere are in ‘wait and see’ mode after fall of Assad regime

Growing numbers of politicians in Europe say it is time for more than a million Syrian refugees in the continent to return to their homeland after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad. Syrians say it’s more complicated than that.

Those who fled the 13-year civil war pointed to the political uncertainty after a rebel offensive swept into Damascus over the weekend — and the damage to infrastructure and housing that has made many parts of the country uninhabitable.

“Everyone I know wants to wait and see,” said Omar al-Hajjar, a 54-year-old mason from Aleppo who is one of the roughly 970,000 Syrians now living in Germany. “The situation in Syria is very tough.” 

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