Germany and Finland Repatriate Women and Children from Camps in NE Syria
Posted by Scott Lucas | Dec 21, 2020 |
A woman sorts used clothing at the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, January 2020 (AFP)
Germany and Finland have repatriated 23 of their nationals from camps in northeast Syria.
The Germans brought back 12 children and three mothers. Finland returned six children and two women from the al-Hol camp, whose population is largely the families of Islamic State fighters.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the repatriations were “humanitarian cases, primarily orphans and children who were ill – cases in which a repatriation was deemed particularly necessary and urgent”.