Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced on Wednesday that a group of 13 women and children linked to Islamic State fighters have booked flights back to Australia after being released from a prison camp in Syria.
Burke said the group would receive no help from the Australian government, and in fact some could expect to be arrested upon arrival.
“These are people who have made the horrific choice to join a dangerous terrorist organization and to place their children in an unspeakable situation,” Burke said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“As we have said many times: any members of this cohort who have committed crimes can expect to face the full force of the law,” he insisted.
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The four women are Australian nationals who betrayed their country and moved to Syria so they could marry ISIS fighters at the height of their “caliphate’s” power. When
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