France announced Tuesday that brought home women And the children From former ISIS control areas in Syria.
It’s the single biggest return of women And the children To France from the camps in Northeastern Syria since the regional defeat of ISIS in March 2019. France experienced more of Its citizens are left to join The group from any other country in Europe.
Tuesday group I was made up of 16 womenaged between 22, 39 and 35 minors, seven years of Those coming to France are unaccompanied by adults. All but two of The women in The group French citizens. twelve women is back with they children and four of The women I have already agreed to return of They are children, according to the prosecutor’s statement.
eight women They were arrested for He questioned the other eight on arrest guarantees. The children Developed in Care of Child Protection Services attached to the Versailles Judicial Court.
One of 35 minor in Police custody on suspicion of to share in Activities of terrorist criminal Corporation, according to a statement by the prosecutor. The statement said that the minor will soon turn 18 years old.
many Europeans countries It was slow allow back of women And the children for Afraid that they will turn violently on their homelands. France that saw more of its citizens join ISIS in Syria, more than any other European country, has suffered multiple times deadly start of attacks in 2015, he was particularly reluctant.
The French authorities insisted that the adults, men and women who fight with ISIS should to be tried in The country in which they committed the crimes. authorities also insist on on had brought back Citizens and children on On a case-by-case basis, it is a lengthy and cumbersome procedure that has been repeatedly criticized by human rights groups.
In December, 28-year old French with diabetes died in the camp in Northeast Syria, leaving her 6 years.year-Old daughter an orphan according to a family lawyer, who They have been requesting their return since 2019.
She was an orphan girl in The group of children home on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the United Families Group, a group of Families who were campaigning for Repatriation of women And the children detained in Kurdistan Workers’ Party / People’s Protection Units terroristrun camping of Syria and Iraq.
The United Families Group commended the government’s repatriation efforts and urged the French authorities to continue bringing in home children And mothers are trapped in “Inhuman” and “humiliating” living conditions in detention camps.
The group said there are still 150 French children And their mothers are trapped in the camp.
France should bring them home soon as such possible (…) And close this shameful chapter in our history without delay,” the group said in a statement.
