(NL Times) The Dutch state does not have to repatriate women and children currently trapped in camps in Syria or Iraq, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a cassation case filed by 23 Dutch women who went to areas controlled by terrorist organization ISIS of their own accord.
The women filed a lawsuit in an attempt to get the Dutch government to help bring them and their 56 children, some taken to ISIS territory [and] others born there, back to the Netherlands. They are living in miserable conditions in reception camps in Syria and Iraq. When this case was first tried, the court ruled that the Netherlands should bring the children back at least — a ruling that was overturned by the appeals court. The women filed a cassation request with the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state.
