Australian women and children attempt repatriation from Syrian detention camp

SBS News · Saturday 25 April 2026

Australian women and children attempt repatriation from Syrian detention camp

A group of Australian women and children have left a Syrian refugee camp in a renewed attempt to return home.

Seven years the women and kids have sat in a Syrian camp because Canberra couldn't decide whether bringing them home was a security problem or a political one. Turns out it was always the second dressed up as the first. The Brits managed it. The French managed it. We're still drafting the press release.

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