"The rejection letter states that Syria will be safe for him. One of the key issues in the previous British government's failed plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was the risk of onward return from there to unsafe countries."
"The individual has not presented any relevant arguments that would convince the office that his personal circumstances would pose a serious and individual threat to his life or person should he return to his country."
"He fled Syria last year after the village chief told him the Kurdish militia in the area, the YPG, had his name on a list for forced conscription. I didn't want to go to war and kill people, he said."
A Kurdish man from Syria, sent back to France under a UK-France asylum scheme, has had his asylum claim rejected. French authorities ruled Syria safe for his return, despite it not being on the EU's safe countries list. The rejection letter stated he failed to prove a serious threat to his life upon return. The man fled Syria to avoid forced conscription by the YPG militia. His asylum interview in France focused on verifying his residence in Syria, lasting over two hours.
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