The al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, once home to about 24,000 detainees linked to ISIL, has seen its population fall to a few thousand. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) controlled the camp until a government offensive in January forced their withdrawal. Since then, the site is under Syrian government control. Humanitarian and diplomatic sources report most Syrian families left for their home areas, while many foreigners traveled west to government-held Idlib or Aleppo. The exact ways people left the camp remain unclear. Some said buses were ordered, others escaped through breaks in camp security. Smugglers reportedly helped some. Beatrice Eriksson of Repatriate the Children told Al Jazeera, "Families who were moved cannot be certain whether they have been liberated or effectively kidnapped." She added, "That level of uncertainty alone illustrates the acute protection risks facing these families." The SDF said there was no coordinated handover with the Syrian government, and everything happened suddenly. This sudden shift has raised fears among analysts and diplomats about security threats. A man threatening the former camp director appeared in a threatening video online. Caroline Rose from the New Lines Institute warned that freed detainees could fuel new ISIS attacks in Syria, which already faces attempts on officials' lives. Rights groups call for safe, coordinated repatriation of detainees to protect women and children from trafficking or recruitment by armed groups. Conditions inside al-Hol were poor. A 2022 Doctors Without Borders report described lack of food, water, phones, and medical care. Nearby Roj camp, still under SDF control, houses similar detainees fearful of future evictions. One European woman at Roj said, "Honestly, at night, there’s a lot of raids by the SDF. Sometimes they even hit the women... I often fall asleep in fear." She and others want repatriation but fear being stuck in Syria or sent to Idlib. "Our [home country] authorities are not responding," she said. "We’ve been begging them to deport us for years." The unclear and chaotic exodus from al-Hol raises serious questions on security and the safety of vulnerable detainees now scattered across Syria.