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France ordered to re-examine repatriation requests of jihadist families in Syria

Rights groups say some 75 French women and 160 children remain in Kurdish-run camps in north-eastern Syria. © AFP/Delil Souleiman

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday ruled that France had failed to properly examine the repatriation requests of two families of jihadists in Syria – and must do so as soon as possible.

The case concerns two French women who traveled to Syria with their partners to join the Islamic State armed group, along with the three children who were born there.

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