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| Family members of alleged former ISIS fighters housed in Syrian camps are urging the Australian government to repatriate dozens of its citizens. |
Camille Dabozi's Sydney-born daughter, Maryam, and their three children are currently living in the Al-Rouj refugee camp in northeastern Syria. He is one of 60 Australians trapped in the camp. The Australian government says it is "extremely dangerous" to visit the region to send diplomats home.
Dabozi says the security situation is better now and his daughter and grandchildren can be brought home, but he warned that the area could be in turmoil again at any time.
An estimated 10,000 people, including the widows and children of former suspected fighters, are among the 70,000 people detained at the Al Rouge and Al Hole detention centers. The figures were compiled by the US-based think tank Newsline Institute for Strategy and Policy, which reports that most of them are from Syria and Iraq. After the defeat of a jihadist group in 1919, he was brought to detention centers.
Welfare agencies say campuses are plagued by violence, food shortages and a lack of medical care. There is also a danger that women and children could be exploited.
The United States and the European Union have also warned that these campuses could breed a new generation of militants.
Dabouzi told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that his daughter and three other children should be repatriated.
"No matter what you think of this woman, her three children should not be in prison. These children should be in a safe environment where they can go to school and live their lives. These children are losing their childhood every day. " Maryam Dabouzi says she was deceived into taking her to Syria when she was vacationing in Turkey with her family in 2015.
Her husband, Khalid Zahab, was an ISIS fighter who was killed in an airstrike on a terrorist training camp.
Germany and Finland will reportedly repatriate five women and 18 children. According to German media, three women are being questioned on charges of having links with ISIS. The Belgian government has also announced that it will repatriate its citizens from Syrian detention centers.
Camille Dabwazi has called on the Australian government to repatriate its citizens. She has written a book about her daughter's repatriation experiences. This book is called O Father's Play.
The Australian government has not commented on Maryam Dabwazi's case, but Defense Minister Peter Dowton has previously said that the widows of ISIS fighters in Syrian camps are not innocent.
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