Madam Chair, during the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development's study of the vulnerabilities created and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, several witnesses expressed concerns about the detention of several Canadian nationals, including children, in refugee camps in northern Syria.
Canada is one of the 57 countries on the list of shame for failing to repatriate its nationals trapped in these camps. Canada boasts on the international scene about being a staunch advocate for human rights. What is it doing about the rights of the children arbitrarily detained in these camps?