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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Rodger Shanahan

The Australian government has a duty to repatriate children born in IS-held territory in Syria

The al-Roj camp in Syria, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to IS are held, including Australian children.
The al-Roj camp in Syria, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to IS are held, including Australian children. Photograph: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images

Court cases in Europe linked to Australian men and foreign women who have returned from the Islamic State-held territory in Syria remind us just how intertwined the global jihadist network became and how daunting it is proving for children born out of mixed jihadist marriages.

The first Australian connection was revealed during a court case in Frederiksberg involving a Danish Muslim in her mid-20s. She travelled to Syria in August 2014 and escaped in May 2017.

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