Montreal: Canada repatriated four women and ten children from Daesh camps in northeastern Syria this week, police said on Friday.
This is the fourth repatriation operation of the Canadian government of its nationals held in camps under Daesh camps control in Syria.
Police said three of the females were arrested at the airport before appearing in court on a “terrorism peace bond application,” a type of restraining order.
One of them, an unidentified woman, was transported to Alberta in Canada and released on bail pending a hearing on the conditions of her status.
“This isn’t a criminal charge,” her lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, told AFP, adding that the prosecutor would want to “ensure that the person follows the conditions for a period of up to one year.”
Police added that the other two, Dure Ahmend and Ammara Amjad, “will remain in custody until their next hearing, which is scheduled for Tuesday,”
“Everything was good” regarding the fourth woman, Greenspon said, representing all four repatriated women.
She faces neither criminal charges nor the request for a peace bond on terrorism.
“The ten children are repatriated and are with their families here in Canada,” the lawyer added.
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Department said Thursday it is concerned about the “health and well-being” of the Canadian children following the “deteriorating conditions in the camps” where they’re confined until recently.
Last October, Canada repatriated two females and two children held in Syria. In 2020, Ottawa allowed the return of the orphaned five-year-old girl after her uncle filed a lawsuit against the government.
Since the end of the “caliphate” established by the Daesh group in Syria, many countries have been reticent to accept the repatriation of women and children of jihadists.
