Dushanbe (TDI): Central Asian governments are at the forefront of efforts to repatriate their nationals from camps in northeastern Syria, according to Khalid Koser, head of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF).
In an interview, Koser said that Central Asian states have taken responsibility for their citizens.
GCERF is an international organization supporting local initiatives to prevent violence and extremism by fostering partnerships between governments, civil society, and the private sector.
Koser said that about 2,200 Central Asian nationals have been repatriated from these camps.
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Kazakhstan has brought back 754 nationals, Kyrgyzstan 533, Tajikistan 381, and Uzbekistan 531.
The camps in northeastern Syria, managed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US, house 65,000 to 70,000 people.
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Most of the residents are females and children from families of ISIS militants.
While the camps are not officially prisons, movement there is restricted, and Kurdish forces prevent residents from leaving.
