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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci, Caitlin Cassidy and Catie McLeod

Group of women and children linked to Islamic State land in Melbourne and Sydney with no arrests

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Women and children returning from Syrian camps leave Sydney airport on Tuesday evening. Photograph: Caitlin Cassidy/The Guardian

A group of Australian women and children held in Syria since the defeat of Islamic State have arrived in Melbourne and Sydney, bringing an end to seven years of detention while thrusting themselves into a heated political debate about their future.

Police said they made no arrests in contrast to the arrest of three women returning from Syrian camps earlier this month.

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