They are nicknamed the “little ghosts” , the “children of jihad” . Their return to France is done on a case-by-case basis but raises questions tinged with fears. Ten of these children of French jihadists, some orphans, held in camps for displaced persons under Kurdish control in Syria, were repatriated to France on June 22. A small part of the approximately 250 to 300 French children in the same situation in the camps of Northeastern Syria.
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Two years ago, accompanying minors returning to France represented an unprecedented challenge for child protection services. But, step by step, since the government circular of February 2018, their reception has been refined. France is currently monitoring nearly 160 of these minors, under the protection of children, after their return from the Iraqi-Syrian zone but also from other countries, such as Afghanistan or Egypt, according to the national mission. monitoring and information management of the PJJ (judicial protection
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