Roj Camp Closure Announced by Kurdish Official
A Kurdish official announced that the Roj camp, housing ISIS-linked individuals, is slated for closure soon.
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A Kurdish official announced that the Roj camp, housing ISIS-linked individuals, is slated for closure soon.

A group of 34 Australian women and children with family ties to the Islamic State group, held in Syria's Roj camp for nearly seven years, have been turned back after attempting to leave for home.

Aid workers are calling on Australia to repatriate 34 women and children from the Roj camp in Syria, citing 'dire' conditions and increased risks for those held there.

A group of Australians released from a Syrian camp were reportedly returned due to unspecified 'technical' issues, raising questions about their repatriation process.

Person among group of 34 women and children who were released from al-Roj camp on Monday but were forced to return One adult among the group of 34 Australian women and children in a Syrian detention camp has been issued with a temporary exclusion order, banning them from coming to Australia for up to two years. But the rest of the group has not been assessed by intelligence agencies as meeting the threshold to be banned from Australia, potentially clearing the way for the wives and children of Islamic State fighters to re-enter the country if they can make their own way back. Continue reading...