Thread by @RojavaIC

#Hol refugee camp latest statistics:

- 73,280 residents
- 30,000 Iraqi refugees among them, 4500 of whom have registered for return to Iraq
- 11,500 female ISIS members + children
- 260 deaths in the camp so far, most children who left Baghouz in critical condition

#Hol camp daily running costs:

- $10/person/day to meet the urgent basic needs (healthcare, food etc)
- $730,000 daily running costs minimum
- $262,800,000 yearly running costs minimum
- 3000 tents also urgently needed, along with infrastructure expansion, hygiene points etc.

Today Arab tribal leaders will meet in Ayn Issa to discuss the return of local refugees from #Hol camp to their communities.

Though the 11,500 foreign #ISIS women and children in al-Hol make the headlines, there are 30,000+ Syrians and 30,000 Iraqis in the camp as well.

We spoke yesterday on Radio France International @RFI about:

- the return of 800 local women & children from Hol refugee camp to their communities

- the repatriation of 5 Norwegian 'ISIS orphans'

- how to defeat the continued ISIS threat in NE Syria

rfi.fr/moyen-orient/2…

"The situation in northeastern Syria, and in particular in al-Hol camp, is very tense. It is a real burden for the Kurdish administration.

There are more than 70,000 people living in al-Hol camp: it's a humanitarian crisis."

"Among all these people, there are wives and children of foreign jihadis, there are local women jihadis and their children - then there are refugees, families who fled the war and the threat of Daesh.

There is the threat of indoctrination in the camp."

"Yet all this could have been avoided if NE Syria had received international support for the establishment of an International Criminal Court to try the jihadists."

Our data and comment in the latest from @Akhbar on the situation in Hol Camp and the repatriation of 800 ISIS women and children to their home regions in Syria.

akhbaralaan.net/news/arab-worl…

[BREAKING]

2 Dutch and 12 French children, orphans of ISIS fighters, have been handed over by the Autonomous Administration to representatives of their governments.

The transfers were made yesterday in Ain Issa, North East Syria.

- At least 17 French children, all orphans, have now been repatriated

- Attempt to repatriate 2 French children living with their mother in Hol camp was recently refused

- Apparent reversal from Dutch government, who previously said they wouldn't send officials to NE Syria

- Dutch govt. delegation stated support for international court for ISIS members in NE Syria

- Meetings in Paris to discuss int'l court proposed for 25 & 27 June, key EU States to attend

- French delegation discussed plans to open training center in NE Syria for de-mining teams

[EXCLUSIVE]

Asked by @RojavaIC about future repatriations to France and Holland, NE Syria's co-chair for external relations Abdulkareem Omar stated:

- only "humanitarian cases" are being repatriated to Europe

- Proposed international court in NE Syria will also include women

“Following our decision to set up an international court for ISIS members & women who worked inside ISIS, we don’t hand them over as we will send them to court.

However we say yes to humanitarian cases such as orphans. We set up negotiations & hand them over.” - Abdulkareem Omar

ISIS-linked women have been repatriated following the proposal for an international court in NE Syria, eg. to USA, Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan.

However these comments indicate that women, as well as male fighters, could be tried in the court where evidence tied them to ISIS' crimes.