New batch of IDPs from Hawl camp returns to Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – On Wednesday, the administration of Hawl Camp, east of Syria’s Hasakah, allowed dozens of families who were originally from the areas of the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor to leave the camp.
The number of families leaving in this batch was 48, including 208 persons. This comes under a series of batches to be released into the care of tribal leaders, whereby Syrian families can return to their own regions.
The exit of families had stopped due to the outbreak of coronavirus and the accompanying imposition of precautionary measures.
Sheikhmous Ahmed, Director of the Office of Refugee and Displaced Affairs, told North Press that the ban measures that followed the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic “were the reason behind stopping the returning process.”
He added that the process will continue during the coming period, “and will include the displaced from various regions.”
The Autonomous Administration had previously allowed the exit of many batches of displaced people in Hawl camp as part of an initiative launched in June 2019, a month after a tribal conference was held in Ain Issa district.
Ahmed indicated that they would continue to allow the displaced to return, among the residents of Deir ez-Zor, who constitute the largest proportion, in addition to the residents of Raqqa, Tabqa, Manbij, and various regions east of the Euphrates.
This batch was limited to residents of Baghouz and al-Susa, which belong to the Abu Kamal region in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.