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Canada is taking back 23 citizens who had ties to the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Among them are six women, 13 children and four men. This information was reported in BBC news on Saturday.
Among these nationals are Jet Lat, who holds dual citizenship of the UK and Canada. His British citizenship has been revoked.
Barbara Jackman, a lawyer for one of the four men on the list to return to Canada, said his parents are very happy with the court's decision. The court said they (the men) should be brought back as soon as possible.
Their relatives have taken the Canadian government to court to bring back these 23 people. They argued that not allowing them to enter Canada from Syria would violate their constitutional rights.
It would be the largest repatriation to Canada since the fall of the so-called Islamic State caliphate in 2019. Only a handful of women and children have been brought home in the past four years.
Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that ensuring the safety and security of Canadians is the government's top priority. Meanwhile, Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands have withdrawn their citizens from Syria.
Last year, the UK took two back from Syrian detention camps. They were taken back only after it was confirmed that they were victims of human trafficking. A woman named Shamima Begum left the UK to join ISIS. He is now in a camp there. His citizenship has already been revoked. Shamima, now 23, is fighting a legal battle with the UK government to regain her British citizenship and return to London.
According to the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch, there are now more than 42 thousand 400 foreign citizens in these detention camps in Syria. Their life there is very dangerous. Majority of these foreign nationals are children.
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