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UN Experts: Finland Violated Rights of Children In Syria Camps

Refugee girl at al-Hol camp where ISIS families are held. File Photo/AFP

Finland violated the rights of Finnish children left to languish for years in life-threatening conditions in Syrian camps for family members of suspected militants, a UN watchdog said Wednesday.

"Finland has the responsibility and power to protect the Finnish children in the Syrian camps against an imminent risk to their lives by taking action to repatriate them," the UN child rights committee said in a statement.

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