Overview
- An independent three-year review recommends voluntary repatriation of British nationals held in Syrian camps, including those stripped of citizenship.
- It proposes appointing a special envoy to oversee returns, informing detainees they may face prosecution, and running structured rehabilitation and integration programs.
- The report labels conditions in al-Hol and al-Roj as inhuman and degrading and warns the sites risk becoming seen as “Britain’s Guantanamo.”
- Shamima Begum, 26, remains detained in al-Roj after her UK citizenship was revoked in 2019 and court challenges failed, though her lawyers say they will keep fighting.
- Estimates suggest 50–70 UK-linked individuals, mostly women with 12–30 children, are in the camps; GB News reports the commission also calls for a radical overhaul of Prevent and notes opposition criticism of the advice as “outrageous,” with no government policy change announced.