A Sydney community feels “betrayed” by the federal government’s decision to repatriate Australian families with links to Islamic State.
Four Australian women, who have been in the al-Roj camp in Syria since the fall of the terrorist group, and 13 children arrived in the NSW capital last month following a secret operation.
Independent MP Dai Le, elected in May to represent the diverse, multi-faith electorate of Fowler in the city’s west, said many of her constituents had fled persecution by IS in their homelands.
“They have suffered trauma as a result of ISIS’ brutal regime and were settled in Australia with the hopes of peace and security,” she told AAP….