The Netherlands to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syrian camps

Hawl Camp east of Hasakah, northeast Syria – north Press
Hawl Camp east of Hasakah, northeast Syria – north Press

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The government of the Netherlands is trying to repatriate five terrorist suspects, including women, from Syrian camps.

The decision aims to prosecute them with crimes they are charged with.

“The decision follows Rotterdam court rulings, which said the cases could be suspended unless the suspects are brought back within three and six months, or that concrete steps have been made to repatriate them,” Dutch News reported.  

“These are serious crimes that should not go unpunished,”
Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Minister of Justice and Security, told the House of Representatives, adding that “If they are not repatriated, they can in principle no longer be prosecuted for the crimes they are charged with.”

In June, a Dutch woman and her three children were  repatriated. And in 2019 two Dutch orphans were also taken back to the Netherlands.

In a previous time, the government ruled to strip Dutch nationality from people suspected of terrorism offences. However, the rule was criticized by the House of Representative.  

Since the elimination of ISIS in March 2019, the AANES and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been calling for the repatriation of thousands of ISIS wives and children in the camps.