As time passes, there are those who are growing increasingly concerned about Trinidad and Tobago nationals in Syrian camps
This country’s obligation to repatriate its nationals and the apparent lack of movement by the government in this area formed part of a University of the West Indies panel discussion titled ‘Homeward Bound’.
Alicia Boucher has the details.
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Many children repatriated from detention camps for Islamic State (ISIS) suspects and their families in northeast Syria are successfully reintegrating in their home countries, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Trinidad and Tobago should act urgently to allow the return of an estimated 70 children and 25 women from Trinidad and Tobago who…
Two-year-old Salmaan disappears in the chaos of the final days of the war against Islamic State (IS) group. In London, Salmaan’s grandfather, Ash, has been desperate for answers ever since. Poonam travels to Syria to find out what happened to Salmaan and the thousands of children like him. From BBC Sounds, BBC Asian Network and CBC,…
Lawyers representing a group of T&T nationals and their children who were left stranded in refugee camps following the collapse of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have threatened to file yet another lawsuit over the failure of the State to facilitate their repatriations. The latest legal threat came in a pre-action protocol…
Poonam returns to DA, now knowing her true identity. What was IS like through her eyes? What can she tell Poonam about some of the terror group’s most heinous crimes?
ATTORNEY Nafeesa Mohammed has said there are still 24 women from Trinidad and Tobago and 70 children stuck in detention camps in Syria. She said she has not stopped advocating for them to be able to return to this country and reunite with their families. In 2018, Dr Simon Cottee, professor of criminology from the…
Relatives of Trinidad and Tobago nationals stuck in refugee camps in Syria are questioning the “challenges” that Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds referred to last week in bringing these individuals home. He responded to a question from Independent Senator Paul Richards, who asked him to give an update on the work of the Cabinet-appointed…
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