Growing number of Syrian refugees in Germany making 'reverse escape' to Turkey

Syrians with a German residence permit are increasingly traveling to Turkey, often with the help of smugglers, an investigative report from German broadcaster NDR reveals.

https://www.thelocal.de/20180412/report-increasing-numbers-of-syrian-refugees-in-germany-returning-to-turkey

Just watched the news about this and Syrian men being interviewed were a mix of those wishing to be reunited with their wives and kids. Those who felt they couldn't integrate because the Germans are "cold", and those who couldn't tolerate the free and easy Western living standards that allowed women and girls freedom.

'Dramatic consequence' of German policy

The trend was the "dramatic consequence of the catastrophic error of [Germany's] coalition government (against) family reunions, said Günter Burkhardt, director of Pro Asyl, a Frankfurt-based pro-refugee network backed by churches, unions and rights groups.

Burkhardt was referring to a limited asylum, based on a 2011 EU directive and instituted in German asylum law in 2016, called "subsidiary protection," which offers lesser protection than awarded via the 1951 Geneva refugee convention.

Under the coalition deal binding Chancellor Angela Merkel's new three-party government, Germany only admits 1,000 close relatives of "subsidiary protection" refugees on "humanitarian grounds" each month.

http://www.dw.com/en/syrian-refugees-leaving-germany-over-family-reunification-policy/a-43358055

It was probably just as well the one with a pregnant wife and seven children was going back, given his apparent views.