In briefA woman linked to the IS militant group attempted to board a flight to Australia with other departing families.She attempted to board the flight despite having been issued a temporary exclusion order.<\/p>\n
A woman linked to the Islamic State militant group who was barred from returning to Australia still tried to make the journey home with others tied to the group.<\/p>\n
Hodan Abby had been issued a temporary exclusion order some months ago, according to reports.<\/p>\n
But that did not stop her from attempting to board a flight from Damascus in Syria as part of a group of IS-linked women and children, who landed in Australia on Tuesday night.<\/a><\/p>\n Though she made it to the Syrian airport, she was ultimately prevented from getting on the plane, Australian Border Force commissioner Gavan Reynolds told Senate Estimates on Wednesday.<\/p>\n “They came to the airport, attempted to board and the system kicked in and prevented them from board,” he said.<\/p>\n Your trusted source for staying up-to-date with the world around you. Get free daily news updates and analysis, straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n When passengers check in for an international flight to Australia, their legal ability to enter the country is verified through a system, Home Affairs counter-terrorism co-ordinator Brendan Dowling explained.<\/p>\n If there is a travel restriction in place, like a temporary exclusion order, the check-in desk will receive a ‘do not board’ response from Australia’s border operation centre.<\/p>\n The airline would then contact the centre to confirm the message and the individual would not be allowed onto the aircraft.<\/p>\n The other women and children who boarded the flight arrived in Sydney and Melbourne on Tuesday after years at a refugee camp in northern Syria for families of killed or detained members of the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n No arrests have so far been made for this group but investigations are continuing and they are under police monitoring.<\/p>\n Two women and their children were met by a sizeable media pack after touching down in Melbourne shortly after 4.30pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Another four women and their children later arrived at Sydney Airport, where they were taken out a back entrance, avoiding waiting media.<\/p>\n They have been offered access to assistance from the Department of Communities and Justice, as has been the case with past repatriations.<\/p>\n Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said the federal government had used third parties to hide behind “support” for the women.<\/p>\n “The government’s rolled out the welcome mat to people who have turned their backs on our country and our values,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n Home Affairs does not provide specific funding support in relation to individuals despite a request being made by the NSW government ahead of the return of the women and their children.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n Their arrival has bred fresh warnings about youth radicalisation, with Dowling noting more people were being radicalised more quickly.<\/p>\n He said states and territories were likely to need more funding to educate young people who were sympathetic to radical ideals.<\/p>\n The group originally travelled to the Middle East with men who sought to fight for Islamic State before the caliphate was toppled in 2019.<\/p>\n For the latest from SBS News, download our app<\/a> and subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In briefA woman linked to the IS militant group attempted to board a flight to Australia with other…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-697805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}