(Helsinki Times) Officials at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs have confirmed that three Finnish mothers and nine children returned yesterday to Finland from al-Hawl, a detention camp set up for the women and children of the so-called Islamic State in Syria.
The women and children are currently in the care of social and health care officials and under the supervision of law enforcement officials.
“They’re generally in good condition, at least physically, in light of the circumstances — and I really mean in light of the circumstances. The families are now taken care of by social and health care officials, but also the police is looking after them,” Pekka Puustinen, a state undersecretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, said in a press conference in Helsinki on Sunday.
