Court orders Dutch state to repatriate children from Syria

A Dutch court says government must attempt to bring home children whose mors traveled to Syria to join Islamic extremist groups. decision Monday at a court in Hague came in a case filed by lawyers on behalf of 23 women and ir 56 children who are housed in camps in rrn Syria.

court has ruled that “ children are t responsible for actions of ir parents, however serious y are.”

government has long said it is too dangerous to go to Syria to repatriate Dutch citizens.

court says government must “use all possible means,” including an offer of U.S. help to repatriate children. But it also says state “cant be ordered to take serious security risks.”