Overview
- Six women and nine children linked to Islamic State have been returned to Britain in recent years, according to al-Roj camp co-director Rasheed Afrin.
- About 29 people with current or former British passports remain detained at al-Roj, which is still guarded by the SDF but likely to be transferred to Damascus.
- The transfer of the larger al-Hawl camp triggered riots, fires and escapes after SDF forces withdrew, heightening concern over detainee security and accountability.
- The UK continues case-by-case returns rather than a broad policy, with most adult women allowed back having been under 18 when they went to Syria, rights groups say.
- Shamima Begum remains in al-Roj after losing domestic appeals over her stripped citizenship, with her lawyers pursuing a case at the European Court of Human Rights.