Repatriating members of ISIS from Syria not commensurate with risks, AANES
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – Response of foreign countries to repatriate their nationals of members of the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) family from Hawl Camp east of Hasakah is not proportionate to the amount of risks, the Department of Foreign Relations of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) said, on Tuesday.
An estimate of 1,076 individuals including children and women were repatriated to their nations between 2017-2021 in addition to seven former ISIS members who were repatriated to Indonesia in 2018, according to the AANES Department of Foreign Relations.
The Department stressed response of the foreign countries in regard to the repatriation process is not proportionate to the amount of risks of keeping them in camps in northeast Syria.
56,000 people live in Hawl Camp, of which 36,000 are underage, the camp’s manager Hamrin Hassan said in an early statement to North Press.
On March 27, vice-president of the AANES Department of Foreign Relations, Fanar al-Gait criticized the performance of the foreign states for the repatriation of their nationals who are families of ISIS members from northeast Syria.
“Such a mechanism is slow and gives no ultimate solution to the issue of ISIS families,” the official said.
On March 23, Save the Children warned that it would take 30 years before foreign children stuck in camps in northeast Syria can return home if repatriations continue at the current rate.