🇮🇹 Italian speakers, this article is worth your attention
The situation is even more volatile than described here - and much has already changed since this piece was written a few months ago.
Al-Hol, the camp at the centre of this report, officially closed in February 2026. The remaining families were transferred to Aq Burhan camp, northern Aleppo, which currently hosts around 3,000 people across approximately 730 families. Meanwhile, thousands escaped during the chaotic handover between Kurdish forces and the Syrian government, a dispersal that raises serious security concerns.
Yet, within this alarming picture, there are concrete reasons for hope worth highlighting.
📍Countries like Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia were among the first to repatriate their citizens from the camps. Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, has launched structured programmes of repatriation, rehabilitation, and reintegration. Both regions are supported by GCERF. In Europe, France has brought back over 580 women and children, supporting them with psychological, educational, and social programmes.
The message is clear: repatriation is not just a humanitarian imperative. It is also a security choice. As long as these people – especially children - are not brought home and supported through serious de-radicalisation and reintegration programmes, the risk to Europe and the wider world remains real and growing.
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