内容摘要：He was intensely angry at his son for joining ISIL and traumatising the family.

He was intensely angry at his son for joining ISIL and traumatising the family.

The Swedish authorities offered Aamiina a choice: Her children could go to Sweden without her and be placed in foster families. She could not return because the Swedish government had revoked her residency, but they offered no explanation as to why the children would not be able to live with their grandparents or other members of the family.Skramo, Damaal’s best friend, was of Swedish and Norwegian descent. His seven orphaned children, who were held in the al-Hol camp, were repatriated with the support of the Swedish Foreign Ministry in 2019 after their maternal grandfather, Patricio Galvez, embarked on a personal mission to rescue them.

Aaden said Galvez was able to garner significant media coverage, which humanised the plight of the Swedish children and support for his cause in a way his family could not.Galvez was not granted custody of his grandchildren by social services, partly, they said, because his public profile would jeopardise the children’s protected identities. However, he is able to have contact with them.UN experts and human rights groups describe open-ended detentions in camps like al-Hol and Roj as a breach of international law.

While some scrutiny falls on the authorities administering the camps, repatriating the people detained there remains the responsibility of their home governments.A 2024 UN special procedures report criticised Sweden’s "offer" to take Aamiina's children, finding the "state practice of offering repatriation to children on the condition of permanent separation from their mother to be inconsistent with human rights law".

It also stated that Aamiina and her children were in a "position of extreme vulnerability and ill health", and that they "seem to be detained in inhumane, cruel and degrading conditions".

In December, the Swedish Foreign Ministry responded to the UN, saying Aamiina's residency permit had been revoked and no measures to repatriate her to Sweden were under way.In Thailand, Disapong and Tanongsak say the Asian Art Museum’s decision to recognise Thailand’s rightful claim to the statues could also help them start bringing the rest of the Prakhon Chai hoard home, including 14 more known pieces in other museums around the US, and at least a half-dozen scattered across Europe and Australia.

“It is indeed a good example, because once we can show the world that the Prakhon Chai bronzes were all exported from Thailand illegally, then probably, hopefully some other museums will see that all the Prakhon Chai bronzes they have must be returned to Thailand as well,” Tanongsak said.There are several other artefacts besides the Prakhon Chai hoard that Thailand is also looking to repatriate from collections around the world, he said.

Davis said the repatriation of stolen antiquities is still being treated by too many with collections as an obstacle when it should be seen, as the Asian Art Museum has, as an opportunity.“It’s an opportunity to educate the public,” Davis said.