On the other hand, the Minister of Foreign Affairs argued that France would continue to repatriate children when possible. Two French minors are found in the Kurdish camps of the Syrian Northeast.
Le Monde with AFP
The position of France will not change. During an interview, Monday, February 14, on the Chain France 5, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, excluded any repatriation from the French jihadists adult detained today in the north-east of Syria.
Concerning the minors, the head of the diplomacy continues the case-by-case policy: “For children, we will continue for isolated miners, the orphans, for those whose mother accepts (…), and by leading Each time extremely dangerous operations, “said Jean-Yves Drian, recalling that the area is” still at war “.
only 35 children brought back to Paris
So far, 35 children, mostly orphans, have been repatriated by Paris. About 80 French women, who had joined the Islamic State Organization, and 200 children are held in the Kurdish camps of Northeast Syrian.
The famous French neuropsychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik urged President Emmanuel Macron to bring them back to France, as well as their mothers, believing that they constitute on the spot “a threat to our security”. Lawyers, parliamentarians, NGOs or the National Human Rights Consultative Commission regularly request the French authorities to repatriate them.
France maintains a case-by-case basis policy for these children and considers adults should be judged on the spot. “There should be when the situation is stabilized in Syria, which is not the case, a court that is identified to ensure that, otherwise, there is no exit,” Hammered Jean-Yves Le Drian.