(Global News) A Montreal woman captured in Syria has been refused government assistance returning to Canada because of the security threat she poses, a lawyer said Monday.
Lawrence Greenspon said Global Affairs Canada had advised him that, based on security assessments, the woman did not [qualify] for government assistance.
The mother of six, whom he identified only as Ms. J, is one of three Canadian women still detained at camps for foreigners taken prisoner during the fight against ISIS.
While the federal government is preparing to bring two Edmonton women out of the camps, Ms. J did not qualify for “extraordinary assistance” under the government’s policy on ISIS detainees, he said.
