Danish doctors treated children of Danish IS women in the al-Roj camp – Vårt Land
The department has not provided information to TV 2 about the health of children. Al-Roj is a Kurdish-controlled prison camp in northeastern Syria where children stay with the four women who are their mothers. Al-Roj, like al-Hol, is a leader who houses families with ties to the extremist Islamist group IS.
The mothers have been denied access to Denmark because they were deprived of their citizenship after joining IS. However, the children will be allowed to come to Denmark as long as the mothers do not join, the Danish government has decided.
There is unrest in the camp and an attempted play visit in April had to be canceled due to the security situation. On Wednesday, they also met with local health authorities, and discussed the health situation and options for treating the children locally, according to the TV channel.
Earlier has Berlingske that the children in the camp struggle with both malnutrition and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and Danish doctors have recommended that the children be brought to Denmark.
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod encourages mothers to let their children go to Denmark without them, and says that al-Roj “is not a place for children”.
Several Norwegian women with child sitters in the al-Roj and al-Hol camps in Syria. Aid organizations report deplorable conditions in the camps.