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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tom McIlroy Political editor

Last Islamic State-linked Australian woman from Syrian camp to return despite previous ban

The Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke says the government was advised it could no longer refuse a return permit to an Australian woman detained in Syria.
The Australian home affairs minister, Tony Burke, says the government was advised it could no longer refuse a return permit to an Australian woman detained in Syria. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP/AP

An Australian woman linked to the Islamic State group has been given authorisation to return to Australia, after the government was advised it could no longer enforce a criminal exclusion order.

The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said the Australian, understood to be former Sydney woman Hodan Abby, would face an unprecedented level of security monitoring once she arrives in the country, including constant monitoring and requirements to report to authorities regularly.

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