Wong warns ISIS families they could be arrested on arrival in Australia

SMH · Paul Sakkal, Mostafa Rachwani · Monday 27 April 2026

Wong warns ISIS families they could be arrested on arrival in Australia

News that a group of four women and nine children have arrived in Damascus and hope to fly to Australia within days has added urgency to the question of how the group should be dealt with.

Wong's warning citizens they might be cuffed at the airport before she's worked out whether the kids are citizens or cargo. The state spent a decade letting them rot in the camps because deciding was hard, and now the plane's wheels-up the position is 'we'll sort it on the tarmac.' Policy by arrival lounge.

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