Third country to host Australian ISIS nationals in NE Syria before repatriation
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Australiannationals, who are planned to be repatriated from northeastern Syria, will be de-radicalized in a third country before integration into their own homeland, a former Australian Defense Forces special operations intelligence analyst revealed.
This came following announcement by the Australian government that it has been working on the issue of repatriating dozens of nationals, previously joint the Islamic State Organization (ISIS), stranded in camps in northeastern Syria.
On Tuesday, the Australian Cabinet’s national security committee will meet to approve “a rescue plan to repatriate more than a dozen families,” Dailymail, a British daily newspaper, reported on Monday.
“They’re going to take them to a host nation somewhere in the Middle East and give them a holistic assessment- psychological, education, medical…..then start building them up to integrate back in Australia,” The former ADF intelligence analyst, Shane Healey.
Healey added that the government is “100 per cent” obliged to return those nationals from camps in northeast Syria “even if there is a slight risk.”
He wondered how the government leaves “Australian citizens sitting in such a terrible state,” as it repatriated others from war-torn countries including Sudan, Afghanistan and others.
He confirmed that the integration process of the families into Australia would move on without facing problems.
Muslim community leader Dr Jamal Rifi told Sky News he believed ‘100 per cent’ that Australia would be safe with the women returning home.”
“Australian children are poorly nourished, suffering from untreated shrapnel wounds and the situation is impacting their mental heal,” Save the Children Australia chief executive Mat Tinkler said.
Hawl Camp, 45 km east of the city of Hasakah, is a house for 55.829 individuals, including 28.725 Iraqis, 18.850 Syrians and 8.254 of foreign nationalities, according to the latest statistics obtained by North Press.
Roj Camp, one of several detention camps in northeast Syria, holds about 727 families, numbering 2.310 individuals including 1.582 children.
Residents of the camp are family members of ISIS who joined its ranks during era of the ISIS so-called Islamic Caliphate in 2014.
The Australian government will repatriate the women and children on batches during the coming months, according to The Guardian.