Detained Syrians who entered Honduras on fake passports have been released from jail and granted 90 days refugee status.

The Syrians “were freed having paid a bail of 10,000 lempiras ($450) each…

The Syrians have been released after signing an agreement with the Attorney General’s Office, accepting a crime of forgery of documents,”.

The Syrians will remain in Honduras for 90 days while the authorities are considering their applications for permanent asylum.

Syria has been engulfed in a civil war since 2011. The internal conflict is responsible for the largest refugee population in the world, with more than 4 million refugees having fled Syria to neighboring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt, according to UN data. Hundreds of thousands have also travelled to Europe in a bid to receive asylum there.