A group of 26 Australians living in a camp in Syria have launched legal action against the Department of Home Affairs. Lawyers for the women and children say they were tricked into going to the conflict zone.
abc.net.au/news/australians-in-syrian-camp-launch-legal-action/102440366Australian women and children being held in a Syrian detention camp have launched legal action against the Department of Home Affairs, in an attempt to compel the federal government to bring them home.
"It is one of the worst places in the world to be a child," said Mat Tinkler, the chief executive of charity Save the Children, which is acting as litigation guardian in the case. Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil was named as the first respondent in the case, and her department was named as the second respondent.
The case is now in the hands of the Federal Court, and Mr Tinkler said he hoped the matter would be heard quickly and that there would be a prompt resolution.
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