Those dreams were dashed when Denmark became the first democratic European nation to tell Syrian refugees originating from Damascus and its surrounding countryside to return to the war-torn nation. In February, it was announced they were also reviewing the status of several hundred Syrian refugees from Damascus' surrounding region. A small group of people in Copenhagen Central Station wait to welcome Syrian refugees on September in 2015. This is part of a self-described paradigm shift of Danish refugee policy, said Nikolas Feith Tan, a refugee law expert at the Danish Institute of Human Rights. His ministry told CNN the financial support is around $28,150, and since 2019 more than 250 Syrian refugees have taken the financial support package.

Source: CNN April 18, 2021 04:07 UTC