Australian Children are Trapped in Syria and the Government Must Bring Them Home

Expand  Al-Hawl camp in Syria © 2019 Human Rights Watch An ABC Four Corners investigation has exposed the callous indifference of Australian officials over the return of Australian children held without charge in foreign camps for families of Islamic State members. Most of the children detained in the camps are held with their mothers, but some, like the three children of a deceased Australian Islamic State fighter, Khalid Sharrouf, are orphans. The Australian government should take immediate steps to verify the identities of the women and children and allow them to return home. If the women…

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