An Australian woman in Syria with links to Islamic State (IS), who was subject to a Temporary Exclusion Order (TEO), has now been issued a permit to return to Australia.
The so-called ‘ISIS-bride’ was the only person issued a TEO from the cohort of Australian women with links to IS in Syria.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told ABC’s AM that the woman was issued a permit to return last night.
He says the TEO applies until a permit is issued, and when a permit is requested, it has to be legally issued.
“We received the final advice yesterday that we can no longer have an exclusion condition for her.”
He says Australian intelligence and security agencies are ready, and her permit to return will include a raft of monitoring measures.
“She will have to report where she lives, where she works, where she studies, if she books a ticket to anywhere, for telecommunications she cannot use any telecommunications device without giving 24 hours notice,” he said.
The woman and her child are the last of the Australians who had been in the Al Roj camp in Syria.