Planes carrying 19 Australians linked to the Islamic State group land in Melbourne and Sydney
Police searched the group on arrival, and three women from the earlier cohort were charged with slavery and terrorism offences.
- Seven Australian women and 12 children expected to land in Sydney and Melbourne today after departing a Syrian refugee camp, marking the second IS-linked repatriation cohort within May as 19 total individuals return home.
- The latest departures follow a May 7 return of four women and nine children who had spent more than seven years detained after joining IS-affiliated husbands in Syria between 2012 and 2016.
- Australia charged two women from the first cohort with crimes against humanity under Division 268 of the Criminal Code for roles in Islamic State's sexual slavery system, with charges carrying maximum 25-year penalties; three of the four women from that cohort remain incarcerated.
- Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke warned those arriving they "can expect to face the full force of the law," stating the government provides no assistance while law enforcement agencies implement plans developed since 2014 to monitor returnees.
- Opposition critics contend the government failed to prevent repatriations despite "very serious limits" on restricting citizen returns, as New South Wales Anti-slavery Commissioner James Cockayne highlighted that Australia's trials represent the first detailed court examination of IS's system of chattel slavery, revived after roughly 150 years of global absence.
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Caliphate by other means
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'Horrific choice' — Ex-ISIS camp detainees arrive in Australia
Australia’s home affairs minister condemned those who chose to travel to Syria in order to join the terror group. By World Israel News Staff A group of Australian nationals who had spent years in a Kurdish-administered Al-Roj internment camp in Syria for foreigners linked to the ISIS terror organization arrived in Australia on Tuesday. The group — consisting of six women and 13 children — was not arrested upon arrival, with some landing in Sydne…
Australia Receives 19 ISIS-Linked Women & Children From Syria
Already a subscriber? Make sure to log into your account before viewing this content. You can access your account by hitting the “login” button on the top right corner. Still unable to see the content after signing in? Make sure your card on file is up-to-date. A group of 19 Australian women and children with links to ISIS have returned home from Syria after spending years in a detention camp. Getting into it: The group, made up of sev…
Father of 'ISIS bride' says he is thankful to Australia as second group touches down
The father of an ISIS bride has said he is thankful to Australia after a second group of women and children linked to the terrorist group arrived in Melbourne and Sydney overnight.Zakaria Zahab, the father of Nesrine Zahab, expressed his relief and gratitude that his daughter was reunited with family at their home in Sydney's south west in time to celebrate Eid."When you are young, you do so many mistakes, you don't get charged [for] those mis…
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