(Reuters) United Nations human rights experts urged Switzerland on Thursday to repatriate two Geneva sisters from a squalid camp in north-eastern Syria five years after the girls were allegedly abducted by their mother who joined Islamic State (IS).
A senior Swiss foreign ministry official said it was working hard to have the girls repatriated. The mother’s Swiss nationality had been withdrawn for security reasons, but she has other nationalities, he said.
“We have been working intensely on this case. We are trying to have the girls repatriated but it takes time. In the meantime we have contributed to more acceptable living conditions for them in the camp and have also organised telephone calls with their fathers,” Johannes Matyassy told Reuters.
