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The Return of Children from Camps in Northeast Syria

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Displaced children attend class at a makeshift school, set-up in camp for internally displaced Syrians, in the village of Haranabush, in the country’s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on May 11, 2024. (Photo by AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images)

The children of Europeans who joined the Islamic State are living in what have been described as “inhumane and even life-threatening” circumstances. Moral, ethical, and legal imperatives demand a unified European approach to repatriating these European children and providing the vulnerable women and children with support and justice. In this Special Report, Dr. Myriam Francois and Dr. Azeem Ibrahim offer paths forward for European accountability and action.  

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