IRAQ DEPORTS 33 CHILDREN OF RUSSIAN DAESH MEMBERS
Iraq
announced yesterday that it had deported as many as 33 children born to Russian
mothers affiliated with Daesh back to Russia.
The Iraqi foreign ministry said in a statement that it has been
working with the competent government agencies, including the Supreme Judicial
Council, the Ministry of Justice, and the security services, to resolve the
issue of deporting children born to Daesh affiliates back to their home
countries.
The ministry added that the deportation of the 33 children back
to Russia came in coordination with the Russian Embassy in Baghdad and called
on all countries with citizens affiliated with Daesh in Iraq to intensify their
efforts to receive them.
It added that it has helped return 473 children to their home
countries in Russia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Germany, France, Georgia, Belarus,
Finland, Ukraine and Turkey.
Source: Middle East
Monitor – 16 July 2019
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