OTTAWA — Six youngsters, however not their Canadian mom, can be repatriated to Canada from a detention camp in Syria.
Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, who represents the mom, says World Affairs Canada is planning the return of the kids, who’re between the ages of 5 and 12.
He says the federal government is working with the Polarization Clinic in Montreal, which helps households affected by radicalization. The clinic will obtain the kids, who don’t have household in Montreal and can probably find yourself positioned in foster care if the mom will not be again within the nation.
Greenspon says the mom is now out of the camp and needs to return to Canada to be along with her youngsters. “Presumably her intention is to seek out her method again,” he mentioned.
The federal authorities has refused to repatriate the lady, whose id will not be public, as a result of officers consider she poses a safety threat, in accordance with Greenspon.
He mentioned the federal government has repatriated different Canadian girls from Syrian detention camps and put in place measures to deal with that threat, equivalent to putting them beneath terrorist peace bonds.
The household is amongst many international nationals in Syrian camps and prisons run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn area from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Though the federal authorities determined to not facilitate the lady’s return, it supplied repatriation help to her six youngsters, leaving her to resolve whether or not to ship the kids to Canada on their very own or maintain them along with her within the squalid al-Roj camp.
Greenspon mentioned “the mother was given an unimaginable selection.”
There isn’t any timeline for when the kids will arrive in Canada, however Greenspon mentioned he’s optimistic the federal government will “transfer expeditiously to carry the kids residence to security.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed April 9, 2024.
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press
