Overview
- Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke issued a Temporary Exclusion Order against one person in the group, saying the threshold for such a ban was met on security advice.
- Thirty-four Australians from 11 families were returned to the Roj detention camp due to procedural issues after attempting to reach Damascus for flights to Australia.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will provide no assistance or repatriation and warned that any returnees who broke Australian law would face prosecution.
- Roj holds about 2,200 people from roughly 50 countries, mostly women and children alleged to have links to ISIS, as authorities shift control across northeast Syria, including plans to relocate residents from Al-Hol.
- UN experts and rights groups are urging urgent repatriation and safeguards for detainees, while the United States has transferred more than 5,700 suspected ISIS fighters from Syria to Iraqi custody for trial.