Maldivians returned from Syria to remain at NRC for another six months

Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology has decided that 19 of the 21 Maldivians who were brought back home after they went to Syria to participate in the country's war zone will remain at the National Reintegration Centre (NCR) for another six months.

The government of Maldives brought the 21 individuals, belonging to five families, back to Maldives via a chartered flight last January after they requested the government for assistance. Among them were 15 children, five women and one man. All of them were placed at the NCR established in Himmafushi, before being allowed to reintegrate into the society.