It is the most important repatriation of Daesh members of the family but for Canada as up till now Prime Minister Trudeau’s authorities has handled the detained Daesh households on a case-by-case foundation.
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Canada will repatriate twenty-three residents who’ve been detained in northeast Syria in camps for members of the family of Daesh terror group fighters, officers and a lawyer have stated.
The overseas ministry introduced on Friday its resolution to repatriate six Canadian girls and 13 infants.
And a court docket later dominated that 4 males looking for repatriation as a part of the group should even be despatched again to Canada, stated lawyer Barbara Jackman, who’s representing one of many males.
“I’ve spoken to the parents and they’re really, really happy,” Jackman stated of the court docket resolution, including that the choose requested that the boys be repatriated “as soon as reasonably possible.”
The overseas ministry stated in an announcement: “The safety and security of Canadians is our government’s top priority.”
“We continue to evaluate the provision of extraordinary assistance on a case-by-case basis, including repatriation to Canada, in line with the policy framework adopted in 2021,” it stated.
It could be the most important such repatriation of Daesh members of the family but for Canada. It comes after the households challenged the federal government in court docket, arguing Ottawa was obliged to repatriate the group below the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Sensitive problem
Up till now, the federal government of Justin Trudeau has handled the detained Daesh households on a case-by-case foundation, and in 4 years solely a handful of girls and kids have been repatriated.
Since the destruction of the Deash terror group’s so-called “caliphate” throughout Syria and Iraq in 2019, greater than 42,400 overseas adults and kids with alleged ties to the group have been held in camps in Syria, in line with Human Rights Watch.
Repatriating them is a extremely delicate problem for a lot of nations, however rights teams have denounced their reluctance to convey again their very own nationals from the camps.
Human Rights Watch stated round 30 Canadian residents, together with 10 infants, stay within the camps.
Farida Deif, the group’s head in Canada, stated that Global Affairs Canada has knowledgeable a variety of them by letter that they fulfil the necessities for repatriation.
However, she stated, “none of the men have been notified of anything or have been part of any agreements thus far.”
The authorities didn’t say when the 19 would come to Canada or whether or not any of them would face authorized proceedings for his or her affiliation with Daesh.
Last October, Canada introduced again two girls and two youngsters from Syria.
In 2020, Ottawa allowed the return of a five-year-old orphan lady from Syria after her uncle initiated authorized motion towards the Canadian authorities.
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