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[KavkazUzel] A total of 16 Azerbaijani citizens, including 13 children, have been repatriated from Syria. In recent years, 409 Azerbaijani women and children have been returned from Syria and Iraq, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 6, 15 citizens of the country were repatriated to Azerbaijan , who were kept in the Amerna camp in the Syrian city of Jerablus.
According to the ministry, first of all, the location, identity and belonging of the repatriated to the citizenship of Azerbaijan were established. Then they were sent to Turkey, where they underwent a preliminary medical and psychological examination by Azerbaijani doctors, and they were also provided with the necessary assistance. After that, the Azerbaijani embassy in Turkey issued certificates of return and air tickets to the repatriates, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent translated the agency's message.
The Azerbaijani government intends to take all necessary measures for the reintegration and rehabilitation of repatriates, a press release says.
In recent years, 409 Azerbaijani citizens, including 380 children and 29 women, have been repatriated to their homeland from Syria and Iraq, the report says.
Tofig Turkel, an observer for the Turan agency on the Middle East, explained earlier to the "Caucasian Knot" that in recent years, the Azerbaijani authorities have been repatriating from Iraq and Syria children and women from the families of people who once went to fight in these countries as part of various armed formations.
"Some created families there, and children were already born in these countries. After the liquidation of these terrorist groups, the death, arrest or flight of militants, women and children of foreigners, including Azerbaijanis, were placed in special camps, shelters or they were kept in places of detention
"As Azerbaijani citizenship is established, these people are returned back. It often happens that children have lost both parents, and the establishment of their citizenship takes some time. After the return of children without parents, they are usually given to close relatives - on the paternal or maternal side. Usually such children are taken by uncles , aunts or grandparents. If there are none, then children are sent to orphanages," Turkel told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
| Probably ISIS, but could have been any of the other remaining jihadi groups still battling for the soul of the Syrian corner of the Ummah. |
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