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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty and Nino Bucci

Nightly raids and violent beatings: Australia urged to accept citizens trapped in Syria as conditions in Roj camp deteriorate

Roj camp in north-eastern Syria is once again home to 34 Australian women and children, relatives of alleged Islamic State operatives.
Roj camp in north-eastern Syria is once again home to 34 Australian women and children, relatives of alleged Islamic State operatives. Photograph: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP

Conditions in the north-eastern Syrian camp where 34 Australians have been forcibly returned are deteriorating dramatically, with reports of near-nightly raids, and increasingly violent beatings, amid worsening uncertainty over their futures.

The 11 women and 23 Australian children forced back to Roj camp on Monday returned to find their tents – formerly huddled collectively in a row known as Australia Street – demolished and their possessions seized.

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