Belgian judge orders repatriation of six children of Islamic State militants: Belga

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 26, 2018 / 9:01 AM / UPDATED 36 MINUTES AGO

Belgian judge orders repatriation of six children of Islamic State militants: Belga

Charlotte Steenackers
3 MIN READ

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian judge has ordered the government to repatriate six children of Islamic State (IS) militants and their mothers who have been detained in a camp in Kurdish-controlled Syria, the national news agency Belga said on Wednesday.

Tatiana Wielandt, 26, and Bouchra Abouallal, 25, both Belgian citizens, and their children have been held in the Al-Hol camp in since the defeat of IS in nearly all territory it once held in Syria and Iraq.

Belga quoted the court ruling as ordering the Brussels government to take all necessary and possible measures to ensure the six children and their mothers can return to Belgium.

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Hundreds of European citizens, many of them babies, are being kept by U.S.-backed Kurdish militias in three camps since IS was ousted last year from almost all the large swathes of territory it seized in 2014-15, according to Kurdish sources.

European nations have been reluctant to take them back, regarding children of jihadists both as victims and threats - difficult to reintegrate into schools and homes.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-security-islamicstate/belgian-judge-orders-repatriation-of-six-children-of-islamic-state-militants-belga-idUSKCN1OP0UT

[Jake Stern]

1. Feel pity for the kids but none for the parents.

Bring the kids home but let the terrorist parents rot.