Repatriation of at least 19 Canadian women and children detained in Syrian camps underway, says lawyer
struck in January on day before a Federal Court judge released his decision in the case of these detained Canadians. That move by the government removed the women and children from the Federal Court ruling, leaving only four Canadian men as part of the case.
The six children of a Quebec women detained in a northeastern Syrian camp for families of those with suspected ISIS ties hold a sign thanking their mother's lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, for his efforts to get them to Canada. "This is incredible, by that I mean not believable, when you consider that she was advised in writing more than four months ago, namely on Nov. 24, 2022, that she and her six children were eligible for assessment," said Greenspon.
Hirji said she had asked Global Affairs Canada to answer a series of questions so the two mothers could make their decision, but didn't hear back.One of the woman's children has an eye issue that requires urgent surgery and if left untreated could go blind, said Hirji. Another foreign mother has a nine-year-old with autism and who also has a cerebral issue that is fatal and requires urgent surgery, she said.
UN experts recently called on countries to urgently repatriate children from northeast Syria with their mothers, saying "children in conflict zones must be protected, not punished."
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