The last of the Australian women and children at Syria's al-Hawl refugee camp have reportedly been removed, in a development advocates have described as concerning and bittersweet.
The last of the Australian women and children at Syria's al-Hawl refugee camp have reportedly been removed, in a development advocates have described as concerning and bittersweet.
Kamalle Dabboussy, whose daughter and grandchildren were being kept at al-Hawl, heard reports they had been taken from the camp in the early hours of Tuesday morning. "It's almost like the Kurdish administration is telling the government, 'Look, here they are, you can do something very easily without any risk to Australian personnel'," he told SBS News.
a spokesperson for the Australian government said they were aware and monitoring the situation closely. Save the Children Australia deputy chief executive Mat Tinkler on Tuesday said the camps in northeast Syria were one of the worst places for a child. Elaine Pearson, Australia's director at Human Rights Watch, said it was concerning the detainees had just been transported from one camp to another.
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