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Ahmed al-Sharaa, Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, from left to right in Damascus on 9 January (Photo: European Union, 2026)

EU's €620m for Syria aims to send refugees home

The EU's earmarked €620m in aid for Syria is largely aimed at restoring basic services and living conditions in an effort to encourage Syrian refugees in Europe to go home.

"This will also help in making the conditions more conducive to the voluntary return of the many, many Syrians that had been forced to leave the country," Paula Pinho, chief European commis...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, from left to right in Damascus on 9 January (Photo: European Union, 2026)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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