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NY Times: UK to take back children from former ISIS territory



"“These innocent, orphaned, children should never have been subjected to the horrors of war,” Mr. Raab said in a statement. “Now they must be allowed the privacy and given the support to return to a normal life.” British FM Dominic Raab

Britain has been among the most resistant countries to repatriate its citizens, even stripping a teenager, Shamima Begum, who traveled to Syria to marry an Islamic State fighter, of her citizenship.  But pressure on European countries to repatriate them has increased since Turkey invaded Kurdish-controlled territory in northern Syria last month.




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