Australian child pleads with prime minister to be rescued from Syrian detention camp

I have spent half my life in a tent closed off by gates like a prison,' says the child, who is under 10, in a voice message to Anthony Albanese

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An Australian child trapped in a Syrian detention camp has pleaded directly with prime minister Anthony Albanese to be rescued and brought home.

I am one of the children left behind in a Roj camp and I have spent half my life in a tent closed off by gates like a prison," a voice message sent to the prime minister's office says. I have never been to school, laid in grass or climbed a tree."

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