Australian boy, 11, held in Syrian camp begs for flight home: ‘I want to feel safe’

Women and children at Roj camp, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to Islamic State are held. About 40 Australians are awaiting repatriation from the Syrian camp. Photograph: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images

Australian children held inside Syria’s Roj detention camp wait at the gates for the van they hope will take them out, and take them home.

An Australian-born boy who has been held in the camp more than three years told Guardian Australia the children were desperate to go home.