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Separation must have been heartbreakingly difficult for Irene (a pseudonym for a Canadian mother) and her four-year-old Canadian daughter.
They were recently parted from each other so that the daughter could be safe in Canada and cared for here by her aunt. Mother and child had been living in camp al-Hol, under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, at the Annex, a camp section where families of foreign nationalities with alleged ties to ISIL have been kept. With the help of former U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith, the Canadian aunt of the four-year old girl was able to “rescue” her niece from the camp but Irene, the mother, had to stay behind. Our Canadian government refused to repatriate Irene, who is suspected of having joining ISIL. It did issue a travel document for the little girl. ....

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