Denmark to evacuate mother and two children from Syrian prison camp

(Local) A mother and her two children are to be offered evacuation from a Kurdish-run prison camp in northeastern Syria, the Danish Ministry of Immigration and Integration said on Friday.

The woman is of Moroccan background and her children are Danish.

“The government has, after a renewed, overall assessment, decided to offer evacuation to another two children and the children’s mother — regardless of the question of the mother’s citizenship,” Immigration Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek said in a written comment.

“This is a case of an overall assessment where connection to Denmark was one of the considerations. It is no secret that the government parties have differing views on this issue,” he added.

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