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There are many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-ravaged region from the extremist Islamic State group.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had no immediate comment Thursday.
Under a terrorism peace bond, a judge can order a person to enter into an arrangement to be of good behavior or possibly face a prison sentence. Conditions such as a curfew or prohibition on having weapons might be attached.
Greenspon reached an agreement with Canada’s government in January to repatriate six Canadian women and 13 children who had been part of a court action.
However, two mothers and three children were not at a designated meeting point and missed the flight, Greenspon said Thursday. “They weren’t able to find them,” he said.
He said he expected Global Affairs Canada would try to locate the five people and return them to Canada as well.
A federal judge recently directed the government to also secure the release of four Canadian men from detention in northeastern Syria. The government has appealed that ruling.
In a statement Thursday, Global Affairs and Public Safety Canada thanked the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria for its co-operation and the United States for its assistance in the repatriation.
Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said approximately 10,000 people from more than 60 countries outside Syria and Iraq remain in two camps for displaced persons in northeastern Syria, Patel added.
“Repatriation is the only durable solution for this population, most of whom are vulnerable children under the age of 12,” Patel said.
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