Last group of Iraqi refugees for 2025 departs from al-Hol camp

As part of a joint coordination effort between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the Iraqi Parliament's Security Committee and Committee on Displacement and Displaced, a new group of Iraqi families residing in al-Hol camp in the Hasaka countryside of the Jazira region were repatriated on Monday, marking the final repatriation journey of 2025. 

The group comprised 230 families, totaling approximately 834 individuals, as they departed for Iraq in equipped buses, escorted by the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria Region.

This is the 15th repatriation departure of Iraqis from the camp since the beginning of this year, and the 32nd since the repatriation of Iraqi families from al-Hol camp to their homeland began.

The returning families are scheduled to be transferred to the Jad'ah camp in Nineveh governorate, where they will undergo comprehensive psychological and social rehabilitation programs supervised by specialized personnel. This is intended to facilitate their full reintegration into their original areas and ensure their stability in terms of living conditions and security.

Since 2021, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has been facilitating trips for Iraqi residents of the al-Hol camp who wish to return home, in coordination with the Iraqi government and the international coalition against ISIS.

Al-Hol camp houses tens of thousands of women and children of ISIS fighters of Arab and foreign nationalities, making it a ticking time bomb, of which warnings are frequently issued regarding the danger these individuals pose to local and international security.

J.J

ANHA