Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria
5 years, 5 months ago

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria

Dutch News  

An 11-year-old Dutch girl who was taken by her mother to Syria three years ago has returned to the Netherlands. The Red Cross and Turkish Red Crescent secured the girl’s return from north-western Syria after her father reported she had been kidnapped. An exception was made last month for two orphaned children aged two and four in northern Syria after a court named the Dutch state as their legal guardians. An estimated 170 children with a Dutch connection are currently in Syria, including a small number living in detention camps.

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Dutch toddler kidnapped by her father in 2004 found living in Libya
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch toddler kidnapped by her father in 2004 found living in Libya

NL Times  

The family of a girl kidnapped in 2004 was tracked down in Tripoli, Libya by her family 18 years after her father absconded with her. Her father, Hasèn Aksema, is accused by police of murdering his ex-wife, Matisse van der Burg in August of that year, and then taking the girl, Isra, from her hometown of Goor, Overijssel, to his …

Netherlands to pick up 12 women in Syria on terrorism charges, along with 28 children
2 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands to pick up 12 women in Syria on terrorism charges, along with 28 children

NL Times  

Twelve Dutch women were picked up in Syria and will be transported to the Netherlands where they will be taken into custody for crimes related to terrorism offenses, the Dutch Cabinet confirmed on Tuesday. “The women will be arrested after arrival in the Netherlands and will be tried,” wrote Justice and Security Minister Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius in a letter to the …

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL
2 years, 3 months ago

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is working on plans to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children from camps in northern Syria, RTL news reported on Wednesday. The Dutch children’s ombudsman and Humans Rights Watch have also urged the Netherlands to bring back its nationals from Syria. In February, the Netherlands brought back five women and 11 children from the Kurdish refugee …

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL
2 years, 3 months ago

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is working on plans to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children from camps in northern Syria, RTL news reported on Wednesday. The Dutch children’s ombudsman and Humans Rights Watch have also urged the Netherlands to bring back its nationals from Syria. In February, the Netherlands brought back five women and 11 children from the Kurdish refugee …

Dutch repatriating group of women, children from Syria
2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch repatriating group of women, children from Syria

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch government said Thursday it is repatriating five women from Syria who are suspected of terror offenses, along with their 11 children. The justice and foreign ministers said in a letter to Parliament that a “special operation” was underway to bring the women and children back to the Netherlands. “With the transportation to the Netherlands, …

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria
3 years, 2 months ago

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria

Dutch News  

The government plans to try to bring five Dutch terrorist suspects back from Syria to ensure they don’t escape trial, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told MPs. The decision follows Rotterdam court rulings, which said the cases could be suspended unless the suspects are brought back within three and six months, or unless concrete steps have been made to repatriate …

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria
3 years, 2 months ago

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria

Dutch News  

The government plans to try to bring five Dutch terrorist suspects back from Syria to ensure they don’t escape trial, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told MPs. The decision follows Rotterdam court rulings, which said the cases could be suspended unless the suspects are brought back within three and six months, or unless concrete steps have been made to repatriate …

Cabinet brings back woman from Syria with alleged ties to ISIS to begin trial
3 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet brings back woman from Syria with alleged ties to ISIS to begin trial

NL Times  

Ilham B. was picked up in Syria on Friday by a Dutch delegation who will transfer her to the Netherlands. The judge responsible for the case warned last year that he would close the case against B. if the Netherlands did not make an effort to bring her back from Syria. The lawyer of B., Tamara Buruma, said she is …

Dutch woman, three children repatriated from Syria IS camp
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch woman, three children repatriated from Syria IS camp

Associated Press  

QAMISHLI, Syria — The Kurdish-led administration in Syria’s northeast handed over on Saturday to the Netherlands a Dutch woman, her two young sons, and a Dutch girl, who lived in a camp for families of alleged Islamic State militants. It was the second time Dutch nationals have been repatriated from camps in northeast Syria, where thousands of foreigners and Iraqis …

Dutch delegation brings back three children and one woman from Syria
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch delegation brings back three children and one woman from Syria

NL Times  

Four Dutch nationals, including one woman with alleged ties to ISIS and three children aged two, five and twelve were handed over to Dutch officials, Kurdish authorities in the northeast of Syria reported on Friday evening. During the Syrian civil war, some foreigners, including Dutch nationals, traveled to Syria to join ISIS. In June 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that …

Female jihadist reported to Dutch consulate in Turkey for return to NL
4 years, 1 month ago

Female jihadist reported to Dutch consulate in Turkey for return to NL

NL Times  

Angela B., a Dutch woman who left for Syria to join terrorist movement ISIS in 2014, reported to the Dutch consulate in Istanbul, Turkey this week, insiders confirmed to NU.nl after reports in Dutch media. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs only said that a 25-year-old Dutch woman and her son reported to the consulate. The Dutch government's position has always …

Dutch women turn to Supreme Court for help returning home from Syria
5 years, 1 month ago

Dutch women turn to Supreme Court for help returning home from Syria

NL Times  

A group of Dutch women currently trapped in detention- and refugee camps in Syria are turning to the Supreme Court in a final attempt to force the Netherlands to help bring their children and themselves back to the country. This is the final step possible in the case filed on behalf of 23 Dutch women who went to join terrorist …

Netherlands does not have to help kids trapped in Syria: Appellate Court
5 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands does not have to help kids trapped in Syria: Appellate Court

NL Times  

The Netherlands will not have to retrieve children of Dutch citizens awaiting their fates in Syrian detention and displacement camps, the kids of Dutch women who left the Netherlands to enter conflict zones in Syria and Iraq. Attorneys for the Dutch government argued that children cannot be brought to the Netherlands on their own for fear of causing greater problems …

Court orders Netherlands to bring back kids, but not mothers, stuck in Syria
5 years, 2 months ago

Court orders Netherlands to bring back kids, but not mothers, stuck in Syria

NL Times  

A court in Den Haag ordered the Netherlands to quickly bring 56 children of Dutch parents back to the country from Syrian detention and displacement camps. Because the mothers themselves are alleged to have voluntarily traveled to ISIS-held territory either to join the Islamic State or to be with partners who participate as enemy combatants, the court did not mandate …

Two Dutch ISIS women, three children escaped Syrian camp, fled to Turkey
5 years, 2 months ago

Two Dutch ISIS women, three children escaped Syrian camp, fled to Turkey

NL Times  

Two Dutch women and three children escaped a Syrian prison camp in Al Hol and reported to the Dutch embassy in the Turkish capital of Ankara with a request to return to the Netherlands, the government said in a letter to parliament on Thursday. "The women and children are currently in Turkish detention, awaiting prosecution and/or deportation by the Turkish …

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria
5 years, 5 months ago

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria

Dutch News  

An 11-year-old Dutch girl who was taken by her mother to Syria three years ago has returned to the Netherlands. The Red Cross and Turkish Red Crescent secured the girl’s return from north-western Syria after her father reported she had been kidnapped. An exception was made last month for two orphaned children aged two and four in northern Syria after …

ISIS widow pleads for Netherlands to allow her four kids to return
5 years, 6 months ago

ISIS widow pleads for Netherlands to allow her four kids to return

NL Times  

Krista van T., a 31-year-old woman from Limburg who went to join terrorist organization ISIS with her husband in 2014, is now a widow living in a crowded refugee camp in northern Syria with her four children. Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer has made multiple calls on the Dutch government to bring these children back to the Netherlands, expressing concerns for …

Aid program ready for orphans, 2 and 4, returning from ISIS war zone
5 years, 6 months ago

Aid program ready for orphans, 2 and 4, returning from ISIS war zone

NL Times  

An extensive aid program is ready for the two Dutch orphans, aged 2 and 4 years, who were brought back to the Netherlands from a refugee camp in Syria, radicalization expert Annebregt Dijkman said to newspaper AD. While the government previously said that it will not actively work on bringing Dutch rebel fighters in the Syrian civil war and their …

Netherlands bringing back two ISIS orphans from Syria: report
5 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands bringing back two ISIS orphans from Syria: report

NL Times  

Two Dutch orphans from ISIS families were transferred to a Dutch government delegation in Ain Issa in Northern Syria on Sunday, Abdulkarim Omar, who is responsible for foreign relations as a director of the Kurdish region in northern Syria, said on Twitter. "At the request of the Dutch government, the self-administration of North and East Syria handed over on June …

Talks under way to bring women and children back from Syria to face trial
5 years, 7 months ago

Talks under way to bring women and children back from Syria to face trial

Dutch News  

Talks have begun between the Netherlands and Iraq to repatriate 10 women and their children being held in Kurdish refugee camps after they went to join the civil war in Syria. The Dutch government is trying to organise safe passage for the women to the Dutch consulate in the Iraqi city of Erbil without them being prosecuted in Iraq, where …

Talks under way to bring women and children back from Syria to face trial
5 years, 7 months ago

Talks under way to bring women and children back from Syria to face trial

Dutch News  

Talks have begun between the Netherlands and Iraq to repatriate 10 women and their children being held in Kurdish refugee camps after they went to join the civil war in Syria. The Dutch government is trying to organise safe passage for the women to the Dutch consulate in the Iraqi city of Erbil without them being prosecuted in Iraq, where …

UN envoy begs Netherlands to bring back kids from Syria, Iraq
5 years, 7 months ago

UN envoy begs Netherlands to bring back kids from Syria, Iraq

NL Times  

The Netherlands must "show grace and mercy" and bring back the children of Dutch jihadists in Iraq and Syria as quickly as possible, the special UN envoy for Children in Armed Conflicts, Virginia Gamba, said during a visit to The Hague on Thursday. According to Gamba, an Argentine security and disarmament expert, the Dutch stance on whether or not to …

At least 55 adult Dutch in Syrian-Kurdish camps: intelligence service
5 years, 8 months ago

At least 55 adult Dutch in Syrian-Kurdish camps: intelligence service

NL Times  

The number of adult Dutch currently in Syrian-Kurdish camps or detention centers increased to 55 over the past month, according to new figures from intelligence service AIVD. Last month the AIVD said that there were 40 Dutch adults and 65 children currently in camps or detention centers in Syria. After the loss of Baghouz, the last peace of land the …

Parents start legal battle to bring Syrian fighters home
5 years, 9 months ago

Parents start legal battle to bring Syrian fighters home

Dutch News  

The parents of Dutch citizens who left to fight in the war in Syria have launched a foundation to try to force the government to help them return to the Netherlands. The organisation is considering going to court to challenge the government’s policy of not offering active support to Dutch nationals in the region. ‘The Netherlands has ignored a report …

Parents start legal battle to bring Syrian fighters home
5 years, 9 months ago

Parents start legal battle to bring Syrian fighters home

Dutch News  

The parents of Dutch citizens who left to fight in the war in Syria have launched a foundation to try to force the government to help them return to the Netherlands. The organisation is considering going to court to challenge the government’s policy of not offering active support to Dutch nationals in the region. ‘The Netherlands has ignored a report …

Over 1,000 refugee children vanish from Dutch centres in five years
5 years, 9 months ago

Over 1,000 refugee children vanish from Dutch centres in five years

Dutch News  

MPs have called for a full investigation after it emerged over 1,000 refugee children, mostly teenagers disappeared from protected refugee centres in the Netherlands between 2013 and 2017. Over the past five years, at least 60 Vietnamese children have vanished without trace from the protected housing where they lived because of fears they were at risk of being trafficked, Argos …

Over 1,000 refugee children vanish from Dutch centres in five years
5 years, 9 months ago

Over 1,000 refugee children vanish from Dutch centres in five years

Dutch News  

MPs have called for a full investigation after it emerged over 1,000 refugee children, mostly teenagers disappeared from protected refugee centres in the Netherlands between 2013 and 2017. Over the past five years, at least 60 Vietnamese children have vanished without trace from the protected housing where they lived because of fears they were at risk of being trafficked, Argos …

Dutch jihadi who married British school girl wants to return to the Netherlands
5 years, 10 months ago

Dutch jihadi who married British school girl wants to return to the Netherlands

Dutch News  

The Dutch jihadi who married British school girl Shamima Begum who ran away to Syria in 2015 has told the BBC he wants to return to the Netherlands with his wife and child. Riedijk told the BBC he wants to bring his wife and child back to the Netherlands, but according to the Dutch immigration service rules, the idea is …

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