Speaking to Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the camp’s director, Hakmiyeh Ibrahim said: “My message is not only to Australia but to all countries: take your citizens, take these children and women”.
She added that children were growing up surrounded by “dangerous ideas and ideologies” in the camp.
“We brought families of ISIS-affiliated women and children here in 2017 and now it’s 2026,” she said. “The more time passes, the more complicated the situation becomes.”
The Australian government said in a statement: “Our security agencies have been monitoring – and continue to monitor – the situation in Syria to ensure they are prepared for any Australians seeking to return to Australia”.
“People in this cohort need to know that if they have committed a crime and if they return to Australia they will be met with the full force of the law.
“The safety of Australians and the protection of Australia’s national interests remain the overriding priority.”
In 2022, another group of Australians, consisting of four women and 13 children, were released from the Roj detention camp and brought back to Sydney, prompting a backlash from some in Australia.
Last month the UK home secretary said she would “robustly defend” the decision to remove Shamima Begum’s citizenship, according to a government source.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has called for an investigation, but the government source said the decision had already been upheld by UK courts.
Ms Begum was 15 when she travelled from east London to the Middle East, to a territory held by the Islamic State group, where she married a fighter.