British women take bid for release from ‘appalling’ Syrian camp to High Court The hearing is due to conclude on Wednesday

(National-UAE) Two British women who had their request for release denied by the UK government are facing indefinite detention in “appalling” conditions at a Syrian camp, the High Court has been told.

The two mothers, who can only be identified as C3 and C4, are bringing legal action against the foreign secretary in a bid to end the years-long “unlawful” detention of their families.

The women and their children are being detained in an overcrowded camp hit by disease, malnutrition, inadequate sanitation and abuse and violence by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, judges overseeing a hearing in London were told.

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