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detention camps, which local media report are being gradually evacuated and are set to close. Mat Tinkler, the CEO of Save the Children Australia, said the fact that other women and children had returned
Syria from returning, based on Asio advice about a national security risk. None of the returning group are affected by such an order. The cohort [returning to Australia](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/06/women-children-syria-families-australia-return-ntwnfb) include children who were
support for these individuals is a direct reflection of the decisions that they made," he added. The women were held in Roj Camp near Syria's border with Iraq. They left the camp last week
supporters of the women and children who assisted in previous return missions did not respond to a request for comment, but have previously been concerned about the combative stance taken by the Albanese government. [Sign
detention camp last week before boarding flights home. Most either left Australia more than a decade ago, or were born in [Syria](https://www.theguardian.com/world/syria) or Iraq after their parents travelled to the so-called
children, in places such as sub-Saharan Africa, over the next five years. *“*All of these actions will increase displacement, and the [Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) will try to dissuade people from coming
supporting the [regime-held northern city of Aleppo](http://npr.org/2016/12/17/505996757/why-the-fall-of-aleppo-marks-a-turning-point-in-syrias-war). For months, the fighters had been quietly clearing a disused water tunnel just over 2 miles long, deep behind enemy lines in the countryside