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Australia's Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke, stated that the country has limited options to block the return of 34 women and children from a Syrian camp, despite one woman facing a temporary exclusion order.
Australia's home affairs minister, Tony Burke, states that options are limited to block the return of 34 women and children from a Syrian camp, despite one woman facing a temporary exclusion order over security concerns.
Government has banned an Australian with alleged ties to the Islamic State group
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated that his government will not assist in the repatriation of 34 women and children with Australian passports currently held in the Roj detention camp for relatives of ISIL fighters in Syria.
Australia claims it is not repatriating its citizens from a camp in northern Syria, after 34 women and children were reportedly released and then returned to the detention center due to technical reasons.
Aid workers are calling on Australia to repatriate 34 women and children from the Roj camp in Syria, citing 'dire' conditions and increased risks for those held there.
Person among group of 34 women and children who were released from al-Roj camp on Monday but were forced to return One adult among the group of 34 Australian women and children in a Syrian detention camp has been issued with a temporary exclusion order, banning them from coming to Australia for up to two years. But the rest of the group has not been assessed by intelligence agencies as meeting the threshold to be banned from Australia, potentially clearing the way for the wives and children of Islamic State fighters to re-enter the country if they can make their own way back. Continue reading...
Home affairs minister Tony Burke stated that Australia has few options to block the return of 34 women and children from a Syrian camp, noting that one woman is subject to a temporary exclusion order due to security concerns.
The Australian is among a group of 34 women and children who had planned to fly from Damascus to Australia on Monday but were turned back by Syrian authorities to the Roj detention camp due to procedural problems.
Australia has declined to repatriate 34 women and children held in a camp in northern Syria, despite international calls for their return.