(AFP) France will repatriate French jihadists detained in Iraq, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday, adding that detainees held in other countries could follow.
Darmanin told a question and answer session with the Voix du Nord newspaper that the three from northern France — who had been sentenced to death in Iraq, then jailed for life — would be returned.
“Yes, as is the case for a lot of French detainees in the world, in Iran and elsewhere,” he said.
“Nationals must finish their prison sentence in France. I believe that we cannot ask Algeria, Morocco or the United States to take back their nationals … and refuse to bring back French citizens held abroad,” he added.
