Appeal Court urges dialogue on repatriation of T&T families in Syria

Lawyers rep­re­sent­ing the fam­i­lies of two women with eight chil­dren and two or­phans of a for­mer Trinida­di­an Is­lam­ic State (IS) fight­er strand­ed in a Syr­i­an refugee camp have been en­cour­aged to con­tin­ue talks with the State over its of­fi­cial po­si­tion on whether the group can re­turn to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh and Ap­pel­late Judges Mi­ra Dean-Ar­mor­er and Car­la Brown-An­toine gave the ad­vice on Thurs­day as they heard sub­mis­sions in an ap­peal chal­leng­ing a judge’s de­ci­sion to re­ject the group’s case over the State’s fail­ure to as­sist them in re­turn­ing to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

The ap­peal pan­el sug­gest­ed that the dis­cus­sions could help in re­solv­ing the dis­pute while they con­sid­er the ap­peal.