(Middle East Eye) The European Parliament has called for the repatriation of children from European Union countries held in Kurdish-run camps in northeastern Syria since the collapse of the Islamic State group.
In a resolution on Thursday marking 10 years of conflict in Syria, the parliament also reiterated its opposition to any normalisation of relations with President Bashar al-Assad’s government and dismissed forthcoming presidential elections in the country as “completely lacking in credibility.”
The parliament also called on EU states to continue to offer sanctuary to Syrian refugees, after Denmark earlier this month became the first EU member state to withdraw residency rights from Syrian refugees, after the government ruled that it was safe for 94 from the Damascus area to return home.
