Bagust, Fenne Eleah (2020) How should EU countries deal with the children of ISIS fighters currently living in refugee or prison camps? Bachelor, Social Sciences.
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Abstract
During the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS), over 42,000 foreign terrorist fighters from 120 countries travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS's caliphate, at least 5,000 of which were European nationals. Some of these foreign fighters had taken their children with them, while other children were born in the caliphate. These children are known as the children of ISIS. After succumbing to large defeats between 2017 and 2019, ISIS was driven from its last seized territories within Syria and Iraq in March 2019. The defeat of ISIS has left many European ISIS fighters stranded in refugee and war camps in Syria, their children among them. Over 1,800 European children of ISIS remain in overcrowded ISIS refugee camps under life-threatening conditions, half are under the age of 5 and 80% are under 12. The conditions of the camps are dire; they are putting children at risk, and, as a result, the children’s human rights are not being respected. As some of the children hold European nationalities, they fall under the responsibility of those EU States, making them responsible for respecting, protecting or fulfilling the human rights of the children. However, across Europe there is a fear of bringing European ISIS supporters back from Syria. The national security threat that the children could pose has been the most significant reason why governments have done so little to repatriate the children of ISIS. This research aims to assess the optimal solution for the children of ISIS and the national security of the states. By analysing how the children’s human rights are being violated and understanding the different methods taken by the European states to solve the problem, this thesis attempts to answer the following question: How should EU countries deal with the children of ISIS fighters currently living in refugee or prison camps?
| Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Major: | Social Sciences |
| Supervisor: | Smeulers, A.L. |
| Datum van aanlevering: | 29 Jun 2020 11:21 |
| Last modified: | 07 Jan 2022 14:39 |
| URI: | http://ucg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/42 |
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