the Roj camp speaking with camp authorities.66 He also stated that the British Special Forces appeared to have an established protocol, suggesting that this was a regular occurrence. In an interview with RSI, Dr Abdulkarim Omar, Co-Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the AANES, stated that ‘[a]lmost all European countries have intelligence services who conduct investigations and have all the information on people there.’67 85. Indeed, it appears that European States may have an influence over the camps to the extent that they are able to direct what happens on the ground from afar. For example, there are reports that the parents of French nationals detained in the camps were given authorisation by the Kurds to enter the camp, but upon arrival were denied entry on the basis of their nationality and told that a special prohibition was imposed upon her ‘from high up’. In addition, RSI’s research suggests that on some occasions when information obtained from individuals in the camps was shared with their State’s Government, these individuals were searched within hours by camp authorities in an attempt to reveal the means of communication with the outside world.68 The European States that are the subject of this report have the sole ability to end the detention of their nationals. 86. The European States that are the subject of this report have the sole ability to end the detention of their nationals. The AANES have made repeated requests for foreign States to repatriate their nationals and have made clear that they will not release them unless and until these States repatriate them.69 Contrary to what has been stated by some European politicians, repatriation of their nationals from the al Hol and Roj camps is logistically possible and does not pose an insurmountable safety risk to the State officials involved. This is evidenced by the fact that some repatriations have already been carried out by all five of the European States that are the subject of this report and that there is evidence of a number of States having had a presence on the ground.70 REPATRIATION PATHWAYS PASSPORT Repatriation 34 ASSESSMENT Assessment of security risks Prosecution/ Rehabilitation Reintegration RIGHTS & SECURITY INTERNATIONAL