Are Syrian Refugees In Germany Taking Vacations In Syria?

DW: Germany's Seehofer warns refugees who take Syria vacations

Refugees who return to Syria for holidays might lose their refugee status in Germany, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told the Bild newspaper. Some newcomers simultaneously claim to be fleeing persecution there.

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced a tough response to Syrian refugees who leave Germany for holidays in their home country.

"If somebody, a Syrian refugee, regularly takes holidays in Syria, he cannot honestly claim to be persecuted in Syria," Seehofer told Bild am Sonntag weekly.

"We would have to strip him of his refugee status," he added.

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Update: German Interior Minister floats evicting refugees who practice holidaymaking at home -- RT

WNU editor: The German Interior Minister does not provide any numbers, but I suspect that the numbers are small. And of those who have gone to Syria, I suspect that it is because of personal reasons and not because they want to take a vacation.