MPs have accused the Home Office of “inaction” for no efforts at bringing back British children from Syria for the last eight months.
In October last year, Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary had announced that “unaccompanied minors or orphans” in Syria can return to Britain. Following the announcement three orphans had returned to the UK in November. And Prime Minister, Boris Johnson described the children’s repatriation as “a great success”.
But reports indicate that an estimated 60 British minors are still trapped in north-east Syria, and the government has apparently not provided any indication on the timeline of their return.
According to the charity, Save the Children, home secretary, Priti Patel, has not yet responded to their letter asking how she was to bring them home. They had sent the letter in December and since then, the charity has followed up with Home Office officials for a progress report on its attempts to repatriate unaccompanied children and orphans stranded in refugee camps.
Other European countries have been successful in their repatriation efforts. Last month, the French government brought home 10 French children of suspected Isis fighters from north-east Syria.
