Second group of six women and 14 children expected to land in Sydney tomorrow

The group of six women and their 14 children will land in Sydney tomorrow afternoon after leaving the Al-Roj detention camp in Syria for Damascus late last week.

One woman who lived in the Syrian camp has been banned from flying to Australia after the federal government imposed a temporary exclusion order.

An exclusion order bans a person from entering Australia for two years on national security grounds, even if he or she is an Australian citizen.

The federal government has insisted it has not assisted any of the women in their repatriation and has said security forces are actively monitoring all IS-affiliated civilians.

The previous cohort of four women and nine children arrived back in Australia earlier in May after leaving the same camp in Syria.

One of the women was arrested after arriving in Sydney and charged with terror offences, including charges of entering a restricted area and membership of a terrorist organisation.

Another two women were arrested in Melbourne and charged with slavery crimes they allegedly committed while in Syria.

The brides who followed their ISIS partners to Syria more than a decade ago have had a long journey on their return to Australia.

The women and their children have been held in refugee camps in northeastern Syria for years following the collapse of ISIS, and recently failed to leave the camp and headed to Australia earlier this year.

Australia repatriated two other groups of women and children living in Al Roj camp in 2019 and 2022.

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