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Ministry plans to repatriate all 31,000 Iraqis from Syria’s al-Hol camp

PM:04:25:13/03/2023

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SULAIMANI — The Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displacement, Evan Fayaq, said on Sunday (March 12) the ministry is planning to return all Iraqi families from a-Hol camp to their homelands, according to Iraqi News Agency (INA).

According to statistics conducted by the ministry, 31,000 Iraqi citizens live in al-Hol camp, but not all of them are family members of the Islamic State (ISIS) members.

Rojava Information Center gave a lower figure, stating in 2022 that 27,000 Iraqis remained in the camp.

Al-Hol camp hosts more than 50,000 Internally Displaced People in total, including many women and children who are family members of ISIS militants.

Fayaq said anyone proven to be an ISIS member "will be taken directly to the courts,” according to INA.

(NRT Digital Media)