{"id":826753,"date":"2022-10-05T02:16:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T02:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/05\/young-and-sick-children-to-be-first-australians-repatriated-from-syrian-detention-camps"},"modified":"2022-10-05T02:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T02:16:25","slug":"young-and-sick-children-to-be-first-australians-repatriated-from-syrian-detention-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/10\/05\/young-and-sick-children-to-be-first-australians-repatriated-from-syrian-detention-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Young and sick children to be first Australians repatriated from Syrian detention camps"},"content":{"rendered":"
About 60 wives, sons and daughters of slain or jailed IS combatants to be rescued from Roj camp, but some women face arrest upon return to Australia<\/p>
The youngest, most unwell and most vulnerable of the Australian children currently held in squalid Syrian detention camps will be the first ones repatriated to Australia. But some of their mothers could face arrest \u2013 and potential charges \u2013 upon return to the country.<\/p>
The Australian government is currently implementing plans to repatriate about 60 Australian women and children \u2013 wives, sons and daughters of slain or jailed Islamic State combatants \u2013 who have been held for more than three years in the dangerous detention camps in north-east Syria.<\/p>
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