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Karen Sweeney

Security concerns 'red herring' in Syrian repatriations

Mat Tinkler said the best chance of mitigating risks of radicalisation would be in Australia. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

As a fight gets underway to repatriate Australian women and children from refugee camps in Syria, a leading supporter says national security concerns are a red herring.

Save the Children is fighting to force the Commonwealth to return the 11 women and 20 children to Australia from detention at the al-Roj camp in northern Syria where they're being detained by Kurdish forces.

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