EXCLUSIVE A United Nations special rapporteur has issued a direct plea to the new government in Australia about the need to repatriate women and children trapped in camps in northeast Syria. StaynerThomas READ MORE:
Australian women and children are believed to be living in "torturous conditions" at the Roj camp in northeast Syria.The plight of women and children from Australia in camps in northeast Syria must be urgently addressed by Australia’s new government, according to the United Nations special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights Fionnuala Ní Aoláin.
The camps are managed by non-state Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria with food and medical needs provided by humanitarian groups. "The Australian Government is aware of the situation in the internally displaced persons camps in northeast Syria," the spokesperson said. “[It’s] been a huge emotional toll whether we are going through the torture of not knowing to happen to them tomorrow,” he told SBS News.- children being held in detention when they should never be held in detention, cannot continue.”Australian women and children snatched from Syria's al-Hawl camp in 'deeply concerning' incident
At the time, she said Australia had international obligations to uphold and “ignoring them” would risk “mental and physical trauma or even death" of these children.
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