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Growing tensions in Syria are increasing anxiety for Balkan women and children detained in the Roj camp, who describe a constant sense of dread and a wait for news that never comes.
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.
BIRN went inside the Roj camp in northeastern Syria, where thousands of women and children who lived under the Islamic State are being held in indefinite detention - meeting Serbian and Bosnian women who seemed to have no way out.
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.
Families of 34 Australians are set to depart from Damascus, Kurdish authorities say.
If the circumstances of those from Roj camp become even more perilous, the Albanese government may be forced to intervene Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Ever since news broke that 34 Australians were leaving Roj camp in north-east Syria to travel to Australia, their status and travel plans have been at the centre of a political maelstrom. The Albanese government has insisted there would be no repatriation o...
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...