ISIS children in Kurdish camps still facing uncertain future
More countries are coming out to express opposition to the return home of the members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now in the jails of Syria's Democratic Forces (QSD) in northeastern Syria.
Russia,
Kosovo, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were the last countries to express this
opposition.
Uncertain
future
The ISIS
prisoners in Kurdish jails include a large number of children. This raises
fears from the emergence of a new generation of terrorists who are more
violent.
The presence
of the prisoners in the jails for a long time is also giving rise to fears from
the health problems they might be in for. Some people are especially afraid of
the spread of contagion among the prisoners. There are also fears from the
spread of the coronavirus infection among the same prisoners.
Between
acceptance and rejection
Over 10,000
children are held in the camps in northeastern Syria. The children belong to
parents who came to Syria to join ISIS from over 40 countries.
Over 50% of
the children are less than five years old, according to the Wall Street
Journal.
The newspaper
warned against the effects tough conditions in the camps where these children
are held would have on them, expecting these conditions to contribute to
radicalizing the children.
Return
Despite all
these debates, over 20 countries had so far approved the return of the children
of their nationals who had joined ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
The United
States had approved the return of 15 children so far, but it has not clarified
the number of other children who are yet to return home.
Russia,
Kosovo, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan also approved the return of over 100 other
children and women.
However, most
western governments are reluctant to allow their nationals who had joined ISIS
and their children to return home.
