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Court of Appeal overturns ruling directing Ottawa to help repatriate men in Syria

The latest ruling sets aside a January decision by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown
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The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home. A general view of Karama camp for internally displaced Syrians, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 by the village of Atma, Idlib province, Syria. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Omar Albam

The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syria are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home.

In a ruling released Wednesday (May 31), a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal said the federal government is not obligated under the law to repatriate the men.

The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps and jails run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the strife-torn region from the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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