France under obligation to bring all French nationals from Syria: Attorney general
PARIS (AA) – France’s attorney general at the Court of Cassation has underlined the principle of “state obligation” to bring back all French nationals living in camps in Syria.
“We have to bring all of them back,” Francois Molins told RTL radio.
This came days after the government, in a major policy shift, set aside its case-by-case approach and brought back 51 French mothers and minor children on July 5 from Syria’s northeastern territory that was previously held by the ISIS.
As a public prosecutor in 2016, Molins had expressed concern over the radicalization of women brought back from Syria who he said were “going to be real-time bombs.”
He reaffirmed on Monday that there is a “terrorist threat” posed by the lot recently brought back to France and highlighted the need to ensure “a long-term psychological follow-up.”
Around 1,300 French nationals are estimated to have traveled to Syria and Iraq since the armed conflict erupted in the region.
Many of these ISIS supporters had children and are stuck in the camps.
A UN Committee on Child rights condemned France for exposing minors to inhuman treatment in the camps.
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