Repatriation of families of jihadists from Syria: the ECHR condemns France
According to several sources, there are still 106 French women and around 260 minors in Syria.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday (September 14th) condemned France for not having adequately studied the requests for repatriation of families of jihadists from Syria.
Requests that Paris will have to re-examine as soon as possible.
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For the ECHR, France would contravene one of the articles of the European Convention on Human Rights: No one may be deprived of the right to enter the territory of which he is a national.
According to the court, the rejection of a request to return to the national territory must be able to be examined by an independent body in order to check its legality.
It is precisely on this point that the ECHR condemns France to supervise the decision-making process to avoid any form of arbitrariness.
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France - Examination of requests for repatriation of applicants' daughters and grandchildren held in camps in Syria https://t.co/HO884JBPnK#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress pic.twitter.com/RlyrjDkYC0
– ECHR CEDH (@ECHR_CEDH) September 14, 2022
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Consequently, the court considers, in its judgment, that the French State must resume the examination of the applicants' requests as soon as possible, providing it with the necessary guarantees.
The European Court of Human Rights had been seized by two French couples who had unsuccessfully requested the repatriation of their daughters and children.
Paris will therefore also have to pay several thousand euros to the two families at the origin of the complaint for compensation.
According to several sources, there are still 106 French women and around 260 minors in Syria.
It's a huge relief...
Very good news for the lawyer of certain families, Marie Dosé.
Pierre Olivier
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