Montreal: Four women and ten children were returned to Canada from Daesh camps in northeastern Syria this week, according to police reports on Friday. This is the fourth attempt by the Canadian government to repatriate citizens held in camps in Syria that are run by Daesh.
Police said in a statement that three of the women were detained at the airport before appearing in court on a "terrorism peace bond application," a kind of restraining order.
One of them, a 38-year-old woman who shall remain unnamed, was flown to Alberta in western Canada and released on bail pending a hearing regarding the terms of her status.
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Lawrence Greenspon, her attorney, told AFP that "this is not a criminal charge," but that the prosecutor will want to "ensure that the person follows the conditions for a period of up to one year."
Ammara Amjad and Dure Ahmed are the other two, and they "will remain in custody until their next hearing, which is scheduled for Tuesday," according to police. According to Greenspon, who is the attorney for all four repatriated women, "everything was good" in regards to the fourth woman.
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She is not facing any criminal charges and no peace bond for terrorism has been requested. The attorney continued, "The 10 children are repatriated and are with their families here in Canada."
As a result of the "deteriorating conditions in the camps" where they had been housed up until recently, the Foreign Affairs Department of Canada expressed concern for the "health and well-being" of the Canadian children on Thursday.
Two women and two children held in Syria were returned to Canada last October, and in 2020, Ottawa approved the return of a five-year-old orphan after her uncle filed a lawsuit against the government.
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Many nations have been reluctant to accept the repatriation of jihadist women and children since the end of the "caliphate" erected by the Daesh group in Syria.