Over 500 ISIS-linked people repatriated from Rojava in 2022: Official figure

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish administration in northeast Syria (Rojava) on Thursday announced that over 500 children and women affiliated to the Islamic State (ISIS) have been repatriated by their countries in 2022. 

Rojava’s foreign office told reporters on Thursday that 515 people from more than a dozen countries have been repatriated from the region’s camps since January. This does not include hundreds of ISIS-affiliated families returned by the Iraqi government.   

Tajikistan had the lion's share in the repatriations by returning 146 of its nationals from Rojava. It is followed by France (109) and Russia (68), according to the official figure. 

Over 50,000 ISIS-linked people are held in the notorious al-Hol camp in Hasaka. Thousands others are kept in Roj camp.

Kurdish and US officials have repeatedly called on countries to repatriate their nationals, with Kurds warning that the children are “ticking bombs.”