Canada Syria Detainees

• Feds won’t support civil society team offering to repatriate Canadians from Syria 

  The federal government has rebuffed an offer from a civil society delegation to travel to northeastern Syria on Ottawa's behalf to repatriate detained Canadians.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2023
  
• Judge orders Ottawa to help repatriate four men held in Syrian camps

  A federal court justice has directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide them with passports or emergency travel documents.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2023
  
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• Ottawa to help repatriate 6 women, 13 children being held in Syrian camps: lawyer

  The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023
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• Ottawa not legally obligated to bring Canadians home from Syria: federal lawyer

  Family members of 23 detained Canadians are asking the court to order the government to arrange for their return, saying that refusing to do so violates the Charter.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2022
• Federal Court hearings set to begin about repatriating Canadian detainees in Syria

  A Federal Court is slated to begin two days of hearings into the Liberal government's refusal to repatriate 19 Canadian women and children who are being held in northeastern Syria.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2022
• Canada looking to secure release of 19 women, children held in Syria: document

  A handful of women and children have returned to Canada from the region in recent years. Feds say they are looking to help secure the release of 19 Canadian women and children.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2022