"Currently ISIS only occupies one square kilometre of the so-called caliphate they once had, and as the final battles to regain former ISIS-controlled territory are unfolding, more and more ISIS fighters’ wives or widows have ended up in refugee camps all over Syria and Iraq. These wives and widows no longer have a caliphate to look to and many are reaching out to their home countries for assistance to return home. Many do so with the hope of providing a better life for their children."
"Future considerations of governments facing potential returns of ISIS women should evolve around a fair prosecution equivalent to their involvement in the organisation, as well as a reintegration perspective where children’s well being and rights should take priority", writes Julie Ræstad Owe in this blog post.
