According to local sources, the Turkish state brought in 130 Syrian refugees from Turkey to Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) through the border crossing in the city on 22 January and handed them over to the gangs to be settled in houses in the city.

The refugees are reported to be from Hama, Aleppo and the Damascus countryside.

This is the third group of refugees that the Turkish state has deported and settled in the occupied territories since the beginning of the year.

Since the beginning of April 2022, more than 30 thousand refugees, including 72 Iraqis, have been settled in the occupied Girê Spî within the framework of the demographic change policy.

One of the areas occupied by Turkey in northern Syria is the region of Girê Spî. The formerly multicultural, self-governing region was occupied by Turkey in October 2019 and has been controlled by the Turkish intelligence service and jihadist mercenaries since. According to the Girê Spî Cantol Council, more than 100,000 people had to flee the region after the Turkish invasion. People loyal to the Turkish regime are resettled in their place as the Turkish state is pursuing an intensive settlement policy, systematically expelling the Kurdish population from the occupied areas.

Following the occupation of the Girê Spî Canton by the Turkish state and its mercenaries on October 9, 2019, thousands of its residents were forcibly displaced. A policy of "Turkification" was systematically imposed on the local people who remained in the canton. While Turkish has been adopted as the language of instruction, educational materials have been reorganized according to schools in Turkey.