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Belgium wins appeal against repatriation of Islamic State families
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 27, 2019 / 3:14 PM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Belgium wins appeal against repatriation of Islamic State families
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium has won an appeal against a judge’s order forcing it to repatriate two Belgian women convicted of being Islamic State militants and their six children from Syria, a court said on Wednesday.
A judge ruled last year that the country had to bring back Tatiana Wielandt, 26, Bouchra Abouallal, 25, and the children they had with militants, from the Al-Hol camp where they were being held in a Kurdish-dominated part of Syria.
But the Belgian government sought to make a distinction between the mothers, who were convicted last year in absentia of being members of Islamic State, and the children who officials say cannot be guilty of acts committed by their parents.
The Brussels court of appeal said that the Belgian state was not forced “to undertake any act of repatriation.”
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Belgium wins appeal against repatriation of Islamic State families
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium has won an appeal against a judge’s order forcing it to repatriate two Belgian women convicted of being Islamic State militants and their six children from Syria, a court said on Wednesday.
A judge ruled last year that the country had to bring back Tatiana Wielandt, 26, Bouchra Abouallal, 25, and the children they had with militants, from the Al-Hol camp where they were being held in a Kurdish-dominated part of Syria.
But the Belgian government sought to make a distinction between the mothers, who were convicted last year in absentia of being members of Islamic State, and the children who officials say cannot be guilty of acts committed by their parents.
The Brussels court of appeal said that the Belgian state was not forced “to undertake any act of repatriation.”
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-belgium-syria/belgium-wins-appeal-against-repatriation-of-islamic-state-families-idUSKCN1QG2R7
