A Canadian humanitarian mission that includes a senator will travel to northeastern Syria in the hope of visiting Canadians detained in Kurdish prison camps — but Ottawa will not let them repatriate the prisoners.
Sen. Kim Pate, former Canadian diplomat Scott Heatherington and former Amnesty International Canada secretary
general Alex Neve will travel to Syria in late August to inspect Kurdish prisons in the region and speak with detained Canadians to assess their health and well-being.
The mission members originally wanted to go to Syria in late May to lead a delegation focused on repatriating the Canadians — they said Global Affairs Canada (GAC) turned down the
