Germany and Denmark repatriate women, children from Syria camp

Germany and Denmark repatriate 37 children and 11 women from a camp where suspected ISIL members are being held.

Germany and Denmark have brought home 11 women and 37 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected members of the ISIL (ISIS) armed group have been held, the German foreign ministry has said.

Germany repatriated 23 children and their eight mothers on a charter flight which landed shortly before midnight on Wednesday (22:00 GMT) at Frankfurt airport. They had been living in the Roj prison camp in northeastern Syria, which is under Kurdish control.

“The children are not responsible for their situation … the mothers will have to answer for their acts,” Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement.