‘No arrangement’ to repatriate Australian women and children in Syrian camps, court hears

Government maintains it has no effective control of the Australians' detention despite official correspondence citing plans to bring them home

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Australia has no arrangement" to bring Australian women and children home from Syrian detention camps, the government has told the federal court, despite official correspondence citing a plan to repatriate further groups of women and children".

Save the Children Australia is acting as guardian for 11 Australian women and their 20 children - currently held in detention camps in north-east Syria.

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