Canadian refugees of Daesh
On October 26, 2022, when two Canadian women were repatriated from a refugee camp in Syria, back to Canada, the Toronto Star reported it gave hope to another fifty Canadian refugees of Daesh, still in Syria.[1]
Daesh is the Arabic pronouciation of the acronym variously translated into English as ISIS or ISIL (for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). It is the lineal descendant of an extremely violent militant islamic group founded by Zarqari. It held territory, and ran a quasi-state, in enclaves of Iraq and Syria, from approximately 2014 to 2019.
Aljazeera reported that a Canadian girl had been repatriated in 2021, followed some months later by her mother, after her uncle had lobbied on their behalf.[2]
The most prominent Canadian refugee in Syria is Jack Letts, a man born and raised in the United Kingdom, who is a Canadian citizen because his father was born in Canada. Letts had been a dual citizen of both the United Kingdom and Canada, but adopted the controversial policy of stripping away the citizenship of individuals who lived in Daesh-controlled territory, if they were entitled to citizenship in another country.
References
- ↑ Allan Woods (2022-10-26). "montreal-woman-arrested-for-participating-in-terror-group-years-after-disappearing-to-syria.html". Toronto Star (Montreal). Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112104206/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2022/10/26/montreal-woman-arrested-for-participating-in-terror-group-years-after-disappearing-to-syria.html. Retrieved 2023-01-08. "The surprise move has given hope to advocates for about 50 Canadians currently being detained in dangerous and disease-ridden prison camps that they too will soon be returned to Canada — the adults to potentially face justice, the nearly 30 children to live in secure conditions most have never known."
- ↑ "Canada repatriates two women, two children from northeast Syria". Aljazeera. 2022-10-26. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230106190939/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/26/canada-repatriates-two-women-two-children-from-northeast-syria. Retrieved 2023-01-08. "For years, rights groups and opposition politicians have urged the Canadian government to repatriate dozens of its citizens held in camps in northeastern Syria, saying they were languishing in “inhumane” conditions without being charged with a crime."
