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Iraq
Almost 200 families return home from al-Jada camp
2021-06-23
[Rudaw] Almost 200 families in al-Jada camp have returned to their homes in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
and Salahaddin, the Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displacement said on Monday.

Minister Evan Faeq Jabro said that 90 displaced families in the camp returned to Mosul, with another 93 families returning to the Sayeed Gharib area of Salahddin.

"The return of the displaced families came after being checked in coordination with the security forces and local authorities, and they were sent to their original areas of residence with all their belongings," Jabro said.

Al-Jada, in Nineveh province, is one of just two camps still open in areas under federal Iraqi control. The camp mainly houses families with suspected links to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group (ISIS), and received ISIS-affiliated families from al-Hol camp in Syria late last month.

Last year, the Iraqi government began a push to close 17 camps around the country, three years after the defeat of ISIS, including in the Kurdistan Region. The government has been criticised for this policy. Rights monitors say returns must be voluntary.

Many displaced Iraqis are reluctant to return home because of continuing violence in their home areas, a lack of reconstruction, and little in the way of basic services. Some who voluntarily left the camps to salvage their homes and livelihoods have been forced to return to the camps, unable to piece together the basics.
Related:
Al-Jada camp: 2021-05-30 Iraqi forces nab 12 ISIS in Nineveh
Al-Jada camp: 2021-05-27 Rights monitor urges Nordic countries to repatriate 164 nationals from Rojava
Al-Jada camp: 2021-05-01 Baghdad to repatriate 100 suspected ISIS families from Syria’s al-Hol: MP
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