Canada is condemning citizens in Syrian camps to 'life sentence,' UN rapporteur says
to expect the government to go to extraordinary measures and put officials at risk to rescue and return them if they're in trouble abroad.
Women walk in the al-Hol camp in Syria on May 1, 2021. The camp houses some 60,000 refugees, including families and supporters of the Islamic State group, many of them foreign nationals. One Canadian who has not been returned is a Quebec mother, who along with some of her children remains in Syria. The woman's lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, said the government told him that they believe she adheres to an extremist ideology.
"I recognize there's little sympathy for individuals who went overseas, even where people have been trafficked, even where people have had demonstrated mental illness, even where children were brought without their consent," Ní Aoláin said.
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