France, heavily criticized on this topic, is nevertheless the European country that received the most “returnees”. This is what we call these men and women who have left the Iraq-Syria zone since 2012 to join the infamous Islamic State.
On Tuesday, 16 women and 35 children returned to France, all from Kurdish-controlled camps in northeastern Syria. That brings 217 children and 320 adults, including 108 women, out of 1,500 individuals who left to join ISIS. This is definitely the strongest contingent of Europeans. In comparison, Belgium, another country with a large contingent, has only 200 returnees, including 60 minors. The Scandinavian countries and Germany, often cited as examples of early and quasi-humane repatriation of their citizens, each took in about ten returnees.
In France, this legal file is more sensitive because it is a matter of mass litigation on a counter-terrorism scale. A dispute that the National Anti-Terrorism Office claims it can accommodate and manage. Indeed, the latter opened a procedure for every person who traveled to the territory. 16 women aged between 22 and 39 who landed at Le Bourget airport on Tuesday morning.not only do they agree to the return, but they ask for it, knowing full well what is expected of them “, notes this close to the file, which confirms:To my knowledge, no women were voluntarily repatriated from the camps. Until then, the returnees made their way to Turkey before being expelled. “.
Seven unaccompanied minors
Arrest warrants were issued for eight of the women who were repatriated on Tuesday. The latter, which allows for international distribution, is issued to high-risk individuals, or those who have people around them known to be dangerous, in this case, often their spouse. When they got off the plane, they were immediately brought before an investigating magistrate, with a lengthy trial and must fail detention. The other eight wanted have been placed in 96-hour police custody, as permitted under the Terrorism Criminal Procedure Code. What is the case of magistrates examining wholesome nutrition? 3 of them are currently under preliminary investigation by the sole prosecutor’s office. The proportion of highly dangerous individuals is not counted.
35 minors accompanying these women, who will be taken care of by the judiciary. Four of these mothers had already accepted the repatriation of their children. The National Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office claims that “seven of them are accompanying minors”. That is, either an orphan of a father and a mother, or an orphan of a mother, the father may be imprisoned in Iraq or left to join other jihadist combat zones.
The age range of these minors is from 2.5 years to 17.5 years. So, some were born in the camps the day after ISIS was defeated, and some were taken on board by their parents during their disastrous adventure a few years ago. One of them, who is on the threshold of the majority, is currently being heard by the anti-terrorist investigative service. In fact, “there may have been elements that could characterize his participation in a terrorist organization of criminals” when he was a minor during the caliphate. For the investigators, both must verify the facts of the young man, the degree of involvement and influence. A first.
Source: Le Figaro
