Iraqi official says 2,000 families left Hawl Camp since 2014

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displaced, Evan Yacoub, said on Sunday nearly 2,000 families have left Hawl Camp in Northeast Syria since 2014.

In a televised interview with SkyNews Arabia, Yacoub said nearly 2,000 Iraqi families left Hawl Camp and returned to Iraq, while 900 families left Iraq in 2014 following ISIS attacks.

The return of the Iraqi families was achieved through a joint effort by the security committee of both the Syrian and Iraqi governments, Yacoub added.

The minister pointed out that the Iraqi government refused the forced return of the emigrated, but the security committee follow up on those who returned from the Hawl Camp.

She noted to the existence of rehabilitation processes for the families returning from Hawl Camp, especially the children and the women.

On March 9, Iraq repatriated 150 families and sent them to al-Jada’a camp to the south of Mosul.

In February, Iraqi National Security Advisor, Qasim al-Araji, said 1,924 Iraqi families were repatriated from Hawl Camp.

Hawl Camp is home to approximately 55,000 individuals, comprising 2,423 families with connections to ISIS militants originating from around 60 countries.

By Abdulsalam Khoja