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| IS wife and her children must be repatriated, rules German court | IS wife and her children must be repatriated, rules German court |
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| A Berlin court has ruled that the government must repatriate the German wife of a suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighter and her three children. | A Berlin court has ruled that the government must repatriate the German wife of a suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighter and her three children. |
| The court said the children would suffer if they remained in the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria. | The court said the children would suffer if they remained in the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria. |
| The case came about because the woman's family sued the foreign ministry after officials had refused to help her return to Germany. | The case came about because the woman's family sued the foreign ministry after officials had refused to help her return to Germany. |
| It is the first such ruling in the country. | It is the first such ruling in the country. |
| Until now Germany had been prepared to allow some of the children to travel to Germany without their mothers, fearing that the women might be radicalised and could pose a danger to German society. | |
| In this case, the court explained that "inaction" meant the three children would be faced with "serious, unreasonable and unavoidable disadvantages". | In this case, the court explained that "inaction" meant the three children would be faced with "serious, unreasonable and unavoidable disadvantages". |
| The children are eight, seven and two years old, reports the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. The mother is from the federal state of Lower Saxony. | The children are eight, seven and two years old, reports the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. The mother is from the federal state of Lower Saxony. |
| The BBC's Damian McGuinness in Berlin says this case is one of a number brought by the families of suspected IS members against the German government. | The BBC's Damian McGuinness in Berlin says this case is one of a number brought by the families of suspected IS members against the German government. |
| Dozens of German wives of suspected IS fighters and at least 100 children remain in Syrian refugee camps, our correspondent says, living in terrible conditions. | Dozens of German wives of suspected IS fighters and at least 100 children remain in Syrian refugee camps, our correspondent says, living in terrible conditions. |
| Men who return to Germany after joining IS are nearly always subject to criminal investigation. But prosecutors previously tended to search for more evidence before launching criminal investigations against women. | Men who return to Germany after joining IS are nearly always subject to criminal investigation. But prosecutors previously tended to search for more evidence before launching criminal investigations against women. |
| However, this changed in December 2017, when it was announced that men and women suspected of joining IS abroad would not be treated differently. | |
| Who are Islamic State? | |
| The extremist Islamist group came to international prominence in 2014 when it seized large parts of Syria and Iraq. | |
| IS imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people, carried out countless atrocities, destroyed cultural heritage, and generated billions of dollars in revenue from oil, extortion, robbery and kidnapping. | |
| After five years of fierce and bloody battles, local forces, backed by world powers, have driven IS out of all the territory it once controlled. | |
| But the group is by no means defeated. Experts say it will return to its insurgent roots while rebuilding and remains a global threat. |