Children of ISIS: What Happens to Them After the Caliphate? is a powerful investigative documentary that examines one of the most complex human rights and security challenges of the modern era.
Following the military defeat of the territorial caliphate, tens of thousands of children—born to or brought by foreign and local fighters—were left stranded in detention centers and sprawling refugee camps like Al-Hol in northeastern Syria. Trapped in severe hardship, statelessness, and uncertainty, these young survivors face an uncertain future while international governments debate whether to repatriate them.
Through firsthand field reporting, interviews with international aid workers, legal experts, and human rights advocates, this film investigates the ongoing struggle for rehabilitation and reintegration. Children of ISIS provides a balanced, compassionate, and critical look at the human cost of conflict, asking what society owes to innocent children caught in the wake of war.