Australian citizen in Syria with alleged Isis ties banned from returning home
The Australian government has banned an Australian citizen with alleged ISIS ties from returning home from a Syrian detention camp. The woman was part of a group of 33 Australians, mostly women and children, who were scheduled to be repatriated from Damascus on Monday.
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Open questions and key claims
Australian PM Albanese says his government will not repatriate Australian women and children from Syria.
Those who return to Australia from Syria will face the law if they have committed crimes.
Save the Children Australia filed a lawsuit seeking repatriation, citing Australia’s “moral and legal responsibility”.
Tony Burke is 'taking advice' from security agencies about Australian women and children in a Syrian detention camp.
Temporary Exclusion Orders allow the home affairs minister to stop a person entering for up to two years.
Canberra banned an Australian citizen with alleged ties to Isis from returning home.
The woman was planning to join another 33 Australians to fly from Damascus to Australia.
The woman had been issued with a temporary exclusion order on Monday.
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