Opinion by David Ignatius: The caliphate failed. What’s to become of the ISIS fighters’ families?
of Sweden’s “strict policy” on repatriation was headlined: “A European Guantanamo for Swedish children in Syria?”
“Each time I go to al-Hol, the situation becomes more unacceptable,” Maurer said after finishing his third trip there. The acres of ragged tents at the sprawling camp shelter about 57,000 people from more than 60 countries, and 90 percent of them are women and children, according to ICRC calculations.Most of the residents are Syrian or Iraqi, but U.S. officials say that about 8,000 are related to “foreign fighters” from other countries.
Maurer said that foreign governments need to address the human rights issues of the camp’s residents. “Either you are a POW, or you are a civilian,” he said. “If you are a civilian, you should have access to a decent life.” Maurer noted that when countries in the Middle East have agreed to take refugees back, they have often been successfully rehabilitated, and that he plans to share these “positive experiences” when he meets with government official over the next few months.
Since that visit, Kurilla has discussed the issue with State Department officials and others in Washington, and with some foreign military leaders, according to his spokesman, Col. Joe Buccino. He said that Kurilla plans to visit the al-Hol camp and the prisons that house Islamic State captives in northeast Syria again soon to raise awareness about the issue.
At a time when Europeans are loudly backing a new campaign for Western values against Russian invaders in Ukraine, they ought to take responsibility for the detainees and refugees from the previous battle that Western nations waged, against Islamist radicals. There should be laws of war, now and always.
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