First batch of Syrian families will go out of al-Hol camp next week

On October 10, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria issued a decision to let Syrian families wishing to leave Al-Hol camp out, based on the meeting held on October 5 between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Syrian Democratic Council, the Social Affairs and Labor Authority and the Interior Authority.

Accordingly, since the decision was issued, the administration of Al-Hol camp has taken appropriate measures to facilitate the mechanism for the families wishing to leave the camp to get out.

In this context, offices were opened to register the requests of families wishing to leave, and work to confirm their official documents, according to the official of the Relations Office in Al-Hol camp Jaber Mustafa.

Mustafa said that the number of Syrian families that have submitted exit requests since the offices opened, until today, has reached 50.

He added, "There are facilities in the registration mechanism and procedures, in order to get the largest number of families out of the camp."

In front of one of the offices was a gathering of a number of Syrians who were handing their registration papers over to the office, among them is the displaced person Khaled Jamal Al-Rawi from the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

Al-Rawi said: "They asked me for official personal proof to prove that I am Syrian and to prove the destination that I want to go to."

As for the procedures for women with children, the displaced woman Safaa Abdul Razzaq al-Khalidi from Deir Ezzor said: "The papers that are required are identity papers, and the proofs of the children who accompanied me, which confirm that they are my children and that they are Syrians."

Previously, the Syrian families were able to leave the camp according to the "sponsorship" system, as the Arab clans took care of the families they knew, and worked to remove them in coordination with the camp administration and the supervising authorities.

In this context, the official of the relations office in Al-Hol camp, Jaber Mustafa, said: "There is a timeline for evicting the Syrian families from the camp. We are currently working on all the guarantees that were provided to the camp management."

About the date of the first batch being released, Mustafa said: "The registration process continues, and there are efforts to take out the first batch next week."

According to the latest statistics the camp administration conducted, Al-Hol camp accommodates 6,706 Syrian families, including 24,223 people, from different Syrian regions: Aleppo, Homs, Palmyra, Badia, Deir Ezzor, Raqqa, Tabqa and Al-Bab.

In addition to the Syrian families, there are 8,209 Iraqi families in the camp, located 45 km east of al-Hasakah, and 2,778 foreign families of Arab and European nationalities.

J.O

ANHA