The resumption of Iraqi refugees return to their country from Al-Hol camp after a cut that lasted for more than years after an approval by the Iraqi Government

2021-04-07
On Wednesday, the administration of Al-Hol camp for Syrian IDPs and Iraqi refugees announced the resumption of return for Iraqi refugees to Iraq. The decision of returning Iraqis to their country came after an approval by the Iraqi government for receiving them, after a stop that lasted for more than three years. It is presumed that the administration of the camp that is located in the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah governorate to launch trips for returning Iraqi refugees to Iraq starting from the next week. The first batch accepted by the Iraqi government to receive includes (500) hundred families in the camp, who were registered since 2018 and 2019. So far, the Autonomous Administration returned more than 7500 Iraqi refugees, coordinating between the Iraqi government and the Autonomous Administration of NES. It is to be noted that (8256) Iraqi families, with a total number of (30.738) thousand people live in Al-Hol camp, while the number of people residing in the camp is (59.500) thousand people.