Sixth group of Iraqis leave Al-Hol camp to return home

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A sixth group of Iraqis, including 160 families, are released from Syria's northeast Al-Hol camp. Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration aims to empty camps in the northeast of thousands of displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees, including suspected relatives of jihadists, by the end of the year. More than 4,000 people have been returned to Iraq since the start of the year, according to the Al-Hol camp manager, with around 14,500 still inside.

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00:00People talking in the background

00:27I am very happy. I will go back to my country and my family.

00:32We have been abroad for seven years.

00:35I hope that the situation will not deteriorate.

00:38I hope that the rest of the people will follow us.

00:57The situation in the camp was very difficult.

01:00We had a difficult life. There was no work.

01:03Those who could work, worked.

01:05Those who were tired, like the Hajji, could not work.

01:08We lived on food. What can we do with food?

01:27In the name of God.

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