Overview

• Last week the United States repatriated an unaccompanied American minor from a Syrian displaced persons camp and reunited the child with their family.
• The operation involved interagency coordination by the State Department, FBI, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Defense and local partner the Syrian Democratic Forces.
• Roughly 30,000 individuals from more than 70 countries remain in the al-Hol and Roj camps, the majority of whom are children under the age of 12.
• The State Department says repatriation, rehabilitation, reintegration and accountability by countries of origin offer the only durable solution to the humanitarian and security crisis.
• Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces have begun implementing their May agreement to repatriate Syrian nationals from al-Hol camp into government control.