Germany, Denmark repatriate Islamic State-linked women, children
Eleven women and 37 children were flown to Germany and Denmark from Roj camp in northeast Syria, which holds thousands of family members of Islamic State fighters.
Germany and Denmark have repatriated 11 women and 37 children from a camp in northeast Syria holding families with alleged links to the Islamic State.
A flight carrying 23 children and their eight mothers landed in Frankfurt, Germany just before midnight Wednesday. The group had been living in the Roj camp, one of two sprawling sites housing women and children and run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
“The children are in no way responsible for their circumstances,” Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement. “It is right for us to do everything we can to enable them to grow up in a safe and appropriate environment.”
“The mothers will be held accountable for their acts under criminal law,” he said, adding that most of the women were taken into custody upon arriving in Germany.
