Concerns on Reintegration as ‘ISIS Bride’ Group Returns

Education Minister Jason Clare said reintegration into society of the children would be difficult, but options would be there for children if their mothers were

Australian families affiliated with ISIS walk along a path before departure inside the Roj camp in al Malikiyah, Syria, on Feb. 15, 2026.Amjad Kurdo/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Children linked to Islamic State returning to Australia should be cared for by other family members if their mothers are arrested upon their return, a federal minister says.

Four women and nine children who had links to the terrorist organisation will return to Australia on May 7, arriving in Sydney and Melbourne after years spent in a Syrian refugee camp.