Belgium will bring six orphans home from Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria after the deaths of their extremist parents, AFP reported Finance Minister Alexander De Croo as saying Thursday (June 13th).

"These are children who were born in our country and who today no longer have parents," the minister told VRT public radio after a cabinet decision.

Belgium is one of several European countries wrestling with the dilemma of what to do about citizens trapped in Syria following the defeat of the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS).

Some are reticent to accept captured extremist fighters, but the cases of children and non-combatant wives have proved more complicated for Western authorities.

On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said Belgium has a signed deal to allow returnees to transit through Iraq's Kurdish region.

The bulk of the ISIS fighters and family members who were captured when the group was defeated are being held in Syria in Kurdish-run camps.

De Croo said that four of the six returnees are older than 10, but that none were suspects.

"These are children who were alone in the camps, who have no support. There's no question of taking back parents who chose to join terrorist groups," he said.

"These children had no choice," he added.

According to Belgian media reports, 50-60 Belgian children under 18 are in the camps of al-Hol, Roj and Ain Issa in Syria.