A second cohort of so-called ISIS brides is expected to soon arrive in Australia from Syria, with at least six women and their children set to touch down in Sydney tomorrow.
The group of six women and their 14 children are due to land in Sydney tomorrow afternoon after they left the Al-Roj detention camp in Syria late last week and headed to Damascus.
Some of the women could potentially face arrest, after domestic charges were laid against three Islamic State-linked brides who landed in Australia earlier this month.
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One woman who has been living in the Syrian camp is not allowed to fly to Australia after the federal government imposed a temporary exclusion order.
An exclusion order bans a person from entering Australia for two years on national security grounds, even if they are an Australian citizen.
The federal government has insisted it has not assisted any of the women in their repatriation and has said security agencies have been actively monitoring any IS-linked citizens.
The earlier cohort of four women and nine children arrived back in Australia earlier in May after leaving the same camp in Syria.
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One of the women was arrested and charged with terror offences, including charges of entering a prohibited area and being a member of a terrorist organisation, after arriving in Sydney.
A further two women were arrested in Melbourne and charged with slavery offences allegedly committed during their time in Syria.
The brides who followed their ISIS partners to Syria more than a decade ago have faced a long journey in their return to Australia.
The women and their children have been held in refugee camps in north-eastern Syria for years, following the collapse of ISIS, and recently failed in an attempt to leave the camp for Australia earlier this year.
Australia repatriated two other groups of women and children who were living in the Al Roj camp in 2019 and 2022.
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