Australia must rescue citizens from ‘dire’ Syrian detention camps, Red Cross says

Women in the Roj detention camp in north-east Syria. The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross says it is ‘simply untenable’ for people to be detained in the camps. Photograph: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP

Australia and other countries must continue to rescue their citizens from “dire” conditions in camps in north-eastern Syria, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said.

The global director general of the Geneva-based humanitarian organisation, Robert Mardini, said the “state of in-limbo cannot last longer”.