Ottawa Appeals Court Ruling Directing Government to Help Repatriate Four Men in Syria

Ottawa Appeals Court Ruling Directing Government to Help Repatriate Four Men in Syria
A general view of Karama camp for internally displaced Syrians, Feb. 14, 2022 by the village of Atma, Idlib province, Syria. The Canadian Press/AP-Omar Albam
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The federal government is appealing a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home.

In a filing today in the Federal Court of Appeal, the government asks that a ruling last month by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown be set aside—and be placed on hold while the appeal plays out.