All of the Russian children who were in the Roj camp have been returned to their homeland, Anna Kuznetsova, Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation, said.
"All the children from the Roj camp have been returned. If we find other children in this camp, of course, we will definitely take them out. We have once again confirmed agreements with the Kurdish side that they will work until the last child on the territory of the camps," the ombudsman told reporters on Sunday.
"If children are found there - there is a possibility that two more children are there - if we do find them, we will definitely bring them back," she added.
In this regard, Kuznetsova said that the main work on the return of Russian children from Syria will be concentrated around the al-Hol camp. "All in all, we have 106 sets of documents ready for the return of children. And all of this is the al-Hol camp," she said.
At the same time, the children's ombudsman noted that the 14th special flight from Syria brought children from the Roj camp, an orphanage and prison located in Damascus. "The youngest children who were there with their mother [were returned by the flight to Russia] are from the Damascus prison," she said.
A Russian Defense Ministry plane carried 23 Russian children from Syria to Russia on Saturday. The children will be sent to federal medical centers to receive the necessary care, the Russian Health Ministry's press service told reporters on Sunday.
In the summer of 2017, Russia began systematic work to locate and return to their homeland underage Russian citizens who are in Iraq and Syria. The work is carried out by order of the President of the Russian Federation. During this time, 341 children were returned to their homeland from Iraq and Syria.
GSV "Russia - Islamic World"
Photo: Federation Council
Based on materials from TASS