Global community ‘should help rehabilitate Maldivian jihadis’
Nasheed says the Maldives cannot rehabilitate returning families alone
17 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
The international community should decide the fate of Maldivian citizens living in Syria who want to return home, former president and current parliamentary Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has said.
Speaking to the Sri Lankan media on Saturday, Nasheed, who was promoting tourism in the country, urged the international community to help the Maldives rehabilitate the returnees before they are brought back to their home country.
“We do not know the situation they have gone through. We don’t have the capacity to rehabilitate these people to the extent that they will not have a further impact on society,” Nasheed was quoted as saying on the Indian pay television news channel WION.
The returnees could be taken to a different country for rehabilitation before they are returned to their home country, Nasheed suggested.
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