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Australia Rejects ISIS Repatriation of ISIS-Linked Women and Children
The Australian government cited security risks and legal limits in refusing help to 34 women and children linked to Islamic State, including 23 minors, held in Syrian camps.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government will not repatriate the 34 Australian women and children released from Roj detention camp in northern Syria.
- On Monday, relatives organised a convoy from Roj toward Damascus, but Syrian government authorities ordered the group of 11 families back due to incomplete procedures, camp director Hakmiyeh Ibrahim said.
- Government officials said they would act within legal limits, citing national security and warning returnees may face criminal charges; Australian security agencies are monitoring the situation closely.
- Save the Children cautioned that `Children belong in schools, in families, and in protective environments, not in camps shaped by conflict and war`, and said every hour without protection increases harm risks.
- Internationally, UN experts have urged urgent repatriations as al-Hol camp once housed 24,000 people including more than 6,000 women and children, with recent security shifts complicating returns.
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Australia bars citizen held in Syria from returning home
Australia has barred one of its citizens from returning home from a Syrian detention camp because of security concerns, the government said Wednesday.The unidentified person is among a group of 34 Australian women and children at the Roj camp related to suspected members of the Islamic State group."I can confirm that one individual in this...
Australia to ban citizen from returning to country under rarely-used terror laws
Australia said on Wednesday it would temporarily ban one of its citizens held in a Syrian camp from returning to the country, under rarely-used powers aimed at preventing terror activity. Thirty-four Australians in a northern Syrian facility holding families of suspected Islamic State militants are expected to return home after their release was conditionally approved by camp authorities. They were briefly freed on Monday before being turned bac…
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