(CTV) The Canadian government has agreed to bring home six Canadian women and 13 children currently detained in prison camps in northeast Syria, according to Lawrence Greenspon, the lawyer representing them in a federal court case.
Most of the Canadians have been detained in camps operated by Kurdish authorities since the fall of the Islamic State in 2019. Greenspon had argued that their detention is a breach of their constitutional rights.
Greenspon says the repatriation agreement does not include four men who are also applicants.
“This is terrific news for the families and most importantly for the women and children who are detained,” he said.
Greenspon says he received the signed confidential agreement with Global Affairs Canada on Thursday morning.
