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| 15 Azerbaijani citizens repatriated from Syria |
| 2022-10-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] A total of 15 women returned from Syria to Azerbaijan. According to the country's Foreign Ministry, 393 Azerbaijani women and children have been returned from Syria and Iraq in recent years. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on September 10, 12 citizens of the country were repatriated to Azerbaijan , who were kept in the Amerna camp in the Syrian city of Jerablus. Among them were two children - a brother and sister, aged 7 and 10, who lost both parents. On May 28, two adults and nine children, including two sisters who had lost their parents, were returned to their homeland from a refugee camp in the Syrian city of Jerablus. On October 6, 15 citizens of the country, held in the Amerna camp in the Syrian city of Jerablus, were repatriated to Azerbaijan, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said tonight. The return of 15 women was the result of gradual and coordinated measures taken by the government of Azerbaijan. First of all, the location, identity and belonging to Azerbaijani citizenship of persons subject to repatriation were established. Further, on the basis of an interstate agreement, their transit to the territory of Turkey was ensured. After that, members of the interdepartmental working group left for Turkey, where they conducted an initial medical and psychological examination of the repatriates and provided them with the necessary assistance, according to a press release from the Foreign Ministry. The women arrived on an Ankara-Baku flight. After the necessary procedures are completed, those returned will be handed over to their families. The Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan plans to take all necessary measures for the reintegration and rehabilitation of the persons concerned, the press release further states. The message of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry also indicates that in recent years, 393 women and children have been repatriated to Azerbaijan, including 290 from Iraq and 103 from Syria. 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. |
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