The last Australian women and children held in the Roj camp in northeast Syria have left the facility, marking the end of Australia’s remaining detainees there. Twenty one individuals, including seven women and fourteen children aged eight to fourteen, were transferred from Kurdish authorities to the Syrian government and taken to the capital with the aim of returning them to Australia.

Earlier in May, thirteen other Australians were repatriated. Upon arrival in Australia, three women were arrested and faced serious charges, including alleged crimes committed while living under the self declared Daesh caliphate. One woman from that group was not detained.

Roj camp has housed relatives of suspected foreign militants for years following the territorial defeat of Daesh in 2019. With this latest transfer, no Australians remain in the camp, concluding a years long process of repatriation that has taken place in stages since 2019.