Tony Burke Confirms ISIS-Linked Australians Retain Valid Passports

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed that 34 Australians linked to the Islamic State and held in Syrian camps still possess valid passports due to their citizenship rights.This disclosure follows the issuance of a temporary exclusion order against one individual while the opposition demands stricter security measures for the group detained since 2019.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese previously considered transferring some adults to Australian prisons after initially refusing repatriation requests for the wives and children of fighters.