German health associations have warned that rising anti-Syrian rhetoric risks worsening staff shortages in hospitals, clinics and care homes in the EU’s largest nation.
Syrians are the largest group of foreign doctors working in Germany, with 16 per cent coming from the war-ravaged country, according to the German Medical Association.
But the toppling of former president Bashar al-Assad in 2024 has triggered a fraught political debate over their continued presence in Germany, which is home to Europe’s largest Syrian population.
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