East Euphrates tribes guarantee the release of 1,092 people from al-Hawl camp

The director of IDP Office in northeastern Syria, Sheikhmus Ahmad said that they have got 1,092 women and children out of Raqqa, Tabqa, Manbij and Deir ez-Zor cities from al-Hawl camp east of Hasaka.
Since the meeting of the Syrian tribes in Eyn Issa in northern Raqqa on May 3, the administration of al-Hawl camp has started with the guarantee of tribal leaders in the region to take batches of IDPs out of the camp, and return them to their areas in north and eastern Syria.
In a statement to North-Press, Sheikhmus Ahmad said that 354 people were sent back to Deir ez-Zur, 612 to Raqqa and Tabqa, and 126 to Manbij after the full guarantee of the local tribal leaders and figures.

Exit mechanism 
Regarding the mechanism of sending back the IDPs from the camp, Ahmad stated that the exit requests were submitted by the families of those IDPs in the camp, in addition to guaranteeing them by the leaders of the local tribes and civil councils in the region, where the names were certified by the Autonomous Administration and sent to the camp, after complete checking, the exit process was completed.
The director of the IDPs Office in northeastern Syria noted that the batch, which came out of the camp lately, were of the special needs and humanitarian cases, where the process of exit was done by the figures of their areas, pointing out that preparations for the departure of other batches are being done. 
Ahmad added that everyone living in the camp has the right to return to their areas, noting that they don’t force anyone to leave the camp.
Regarding the guarantee of tribal elders, Ahmad said: “The families, tribal elders and civil councils in the region are in charge of rehabilitating them, in addition to working to restore them to normal life, and remove the ideas which the terrorist groups such as ISIS have cultivated in their brains”.

Iraqi Refugees
As for the return of Iraqi refugees to their country, Ahmad said that, “there are negotiations with the Iraqi government regarding their return, but the Iraqi government hasn’t taken any step in this direction so far”, noting that they are discussing with UNHCR about the return of the Iraqis, in coordination with the Iraqi government.
Sheikhmus Ahmad considered al-Hawl camp “a city as a whole”, adding: “The costs of the Autonomous Administration are a heavy burden”.
36 of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor’s IDPs left al-Hawl camp yesterday after the tribal leaders guaranteed them. While more than 72,000 IDPs and refugees, including about 11,000 families and wives of ISIS live in al-Hawl camp, some 45 km to the east of the city of Hasakah.