About 30 children with ties to Denmark have been or are still detained in life-threatening detention camps in northeastern Syria.
Every year, innocent children die in the detention camps. These children could easily have been saved if they had gotten help in time.
In these videos, we meet some of the Danish children held captive in Syria as well as their relatives.
Many of the children have now returned to Denmark. This series was produced in 2020 and 2021.
The aunt of an orphan baby who was evacuated from the al-Hol detention camp in 2019, urges the Danish government to bring all Danish children back home to their families.
The video is from 2020.
Meriam and Adam were on the run with their mother from the Islamic State, when they were taken into custody by the Kurdish forces. They were just under one and two years old when they were taken captive, first put in prison and then in the al-Roj detention camp.
The video is from 2020
The aunt to five Danish children in the al-Roj detention camp shares her fears about what can happen to the children. There is a lack of basic necessities in the camp such as food and water as well as limited access to education.
The video is from 2020
The aunt to two small children in the al-Hol detention camp is afraid that they won't survive the harsh live in the camp.
The video is from 2020
An orphan baby was hospitalized several times while he was in the al-Hol detention camp. Today, he is happy and healthy with his family in Denmark.
The video is from 2021
Danish children share what it is like to live in the Syrian detention camp al-Roj. They are afraid and want to go home to Denmark.
The video is from 2021.
Two Danish children who are detained in the al-Roj detention camp share how they are feeling. They have both attended kindergarten and school in Denmark and want to go home to their family and friends.
The video is from 2021.
