Home Affairs spokeswoman Claire O’Neill said in comments via email: "The Australian Government’s highest priority is to protect Australians and Australia’s national interests on the advice of national security".
added: "Given the sensitive nature of these matters, it is inappropriate to make further statements".
O’Neill did not immediately respond to the opposition’s call for the government to reassure Australians that "Anyone who may be an extremist poses no threat upon returning to the country Australia".
On Monday, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said about 40 Australian children were living in a camp in Syria, and that some of their mothers had been tricked into marrying gunmen. "ISIS" when they were young.
Bleibersk added on Channel Seven TV: "I think when they return to Australia it will be very important to receive children Especially advice".
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The government did not immediately confirm reports that 16 women and 42 children who had been held in the camps for three and a half years, from relatives of members of the “religious community”, would be repatriated.ISISdead or imprisoned.
“The Australian government’s highest priority is to protect Australians and Australia’s national interests on national security advice,” Home Affairs Minister Claire O’Neill’s spokeswoman said in comments via email.
“Given the sensitive nature of these matters, it is inappropriate to make further statements,” she added.
O’Neill did not immediately respond to the opposition’s call for the government to reassure Australians that “anyone who may be an extremist poses no threat upon return to Australia“.
On Monday, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said about 40 Australian children were living in a camp in Syria, and that some of their mothers had been tricked into marrying Islamic State militants when they were young.
“I think when they return to Australia it will be very important that he receives children Especially advice.