A trial over the repatriation of 12 Australian women and 21 children, who are being detained in Syrian refugee camps, is set to begin in the Federal Court.
The case centres around claims the group's detention is unlawful.The futures of a dozen women and 21 children wanting to return to Australia from refugee camps in northern Syria will be decided in a Federal Court trial set to begin in Melbourne.
The case centres around claims the group's detention is unlawful and questions about why successive federal governments have allowed some women and children to return and not others.The women are all Australian citizens. One of the children is now an adult, while others have been born since their mothers were detained.
Eight children were returned to Australia in 2019 and in October last year four women and 13 children were repatriated. Women residents from former Islamic State-held areas in Syria, line up for aid supplies at Al-Hol camp in Hassakeh province, Syria.Save the Children Australia chief executive Mat Tinkler, who visited the camp last year, accused the federal government of abandoning the women and children.
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