Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes in Rojava (West of Kurdistan) in the past few months because of the embargo imposed on the region. Many took shelter in North and South Kurdistan, other went to Europe.

However, after YPG (People Defense Units) and YPJ (Women’s Defense Units) Forces won back many areas of the region many people are coming back.

26,800 people who fled their houses looking for refuge in South Kurdistan have turned back to Rojava in the last three months, according to the information provided by officials.

The return of the refugees, caused by challenging living conditions and the approach of the governments in Kurdistan region, is said to be related with the ongoing struggle and resistance of the YPG fighters.

According to Dilbirin Efrin, West Kurdistan public security official in the border area between Rojava and South Kurdistan, 10,488 people have come back to their houses from the border village of Şerikê in the last three months.

According to public security officials, 300 refugees have turned back from the Keleha Tawis and Gira Sor villages in the border area.

Nuri Reşad, member of the Public Relations Committee for Sêmalka border gate, said there has been a remarkable increase in the number of refugees turning back to Rojava in recent days, reaching up to a thousand people some days. Reşad remarked that 15,412 people have come back between early July and 14 October.

Refugees coming back from South Kurdistan tell that they suffered from poor and restricted conditions in the daily life at refugee camps, and faced obstacles by the peshmerga in the border areas.