{"id":630354,"date":"2026-04-25T17:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630354\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:08:57","slug":"australian-women-and-children-leave-syrian-camp-hoping-to-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630354\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian women and children leave Syrian camp hoping to return home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of so-called ISIS brides and their children left a camp in northern Syria today, hoping to return to Australia following a failed repatriation attempt earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Four women and nine children have been issued passports by the federal government before they left the dire conditions at Syria’s Al-Roj camp for what they hope is the final time.<\/p>\n

The camp’s co-ordinator \ufeffLana Hussein said there is a security procedure that takes up to 72 hours before they are deported.<\/p>\n

\"AA group of so-called ISIS brides and their children left a camp in Northern Syria today, hoping to return to Australia following a failed repatriation attempt earlier this year. (9News)<\/p>\n

Less than three months ago the entire group of 34 Australians citizens at the camp tried to come home but their escape was foiled by Syrian government forces.<\/p>\n

It appears that this time they have overcome that hurdle.<\/p>\n

“The co-ordination was perfect,” Al-Roj camp director Hakmiyeh Ibrahim told the ABC through a translator.<\/p>\n

“It was done between us and the Syrian Government to be able to fly back these families to their country.”<\/p>\n

The Australian government is required to issue passports to its citizens.<\/p>\n

This group is no exception but the government says assistance to bring them back stopped there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"AustraliansA group of so-called ISIS brides and their children left a camp in Northern Syria today, hoping to return to Australia following a failed repatriation attempt earlier this year. (9News)<\/p>\n

“The Australian government is not repatriating those people from Syria,” Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said.<\/p>\n

Only one of the women who has been living at the Syrian camp has been temporarily banned from entering Australia.<\/p>\n

No other exclusion orders have been issued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Tony Burke himself has said ‘We do not want them here’,” Shadow Home Affairs Minister Jonno Duniam said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You are in government, you can do something about it.”<\/p>\n

\"AustraliansA group of so-called ISIS brides and their children left a camp in Northern Syria today, hoping to return to Australia following a failed repatriation attempt earlier this year. (9News)<\/p>\n

When terror group Islamic State retreated in 2019, families linked to its fighters were taken to decrepit camps.<\/p>\n

The move was something their children had no choice in.<\/p>\n

This group’s departure leaves another 11 Australian women and children in Al-Roj.<\/p>\n

The camp says there are no plans yet for their return.<\/p>\n

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