Six mothers and ten children, children of jihadist fighters of Belgian nationality, were repatriated to Belgium from the Roj camp in Syria. This was announced by the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo. “This Friday evening, a plane landed on Belgian soil carrying 6 Belgian women and 10 children under 12 from Syria”, explains the De Croo government in a statement, “the 6 women were transferred to prison. children were handed over to the Prosecutor’s Office, which took the necessary measures under the law on the protection of minors “.
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This is the largest repatriation organized since the fall of Daesh in 2019. Belgium, together with France, is one of the European countries that saw the departure of the largest number of foreign fighters after the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011. Since 2012, more than 400 Belgians went to fight in the ranks of jihadist organizations active in Syria. Earlier this year, Belgian researchers estimated that around 40 Belgian minors were still in Syria.
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