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Majority of ISIS brides could be resettled in Victoria - and a small portion in NSW

Majority of ISIS brides could be resettled in Victoria - and a small portion in NSW

The majority of ISIS brides and their children stranded in Syria could be resettled in Victoria, sources have claimed.

However, the Allan government has yet to reveal any information on the issue.

NSW Premier Chris Minns revealed on Monday that about a third of the 11 ISIS brides and their 23 children were planning to return to NSW.

Premier Jacinta Allan has yet to disclose how many brides and children were expected to be resettled in Victoria. 

Allan was also asked when her government was briefed by the federal government about the potential return of the brides and what kind of assistance they will be provided.

'The assessment of applications for travel documents for Australian citizens seeking to return from any foreign conflict zone is made on an individual basis and is managed by the Commonwealth', an Allan Government spokesperson said.

Other Australian ISIS brides fighting to come home include Nesrine Zahab and her aunt Aminah Zahab and cousin Sumaya Zahab, along with Kawsar Abbas and her daughters Zeinab and Zahra Ahmed, Janai Safar, Hodan Abby, Kawsar Kanj and Hyam Raad.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said on Wednesday that one of the women is the subject of a temporary exclusion order on national security grounds, which could ban her from entering Australia for two years. 

The majority of ISIS brides and their children stranded in Syria could be resettled in Victoria, sources have claimed 

Premier Jacinta Allan has yet to disclose how many brides and children were expected to be resettled in Victoria

Premier Jacinta Allan has yet to disclose how many brides and children were expected to be resettled in Victoria 

A Syrian camp where the brides lived

A Syrian camp where the brides lived

The identity of that woman remains unclear.

Another bride, Kirsty Rosse-Emile, told her Melbourne housemate: 'I don't want to go back to school, I want to go and make bombs, before flying to Syria to swear allegiance to Islamic State.'

Rosse-Emile's former housemate Sara (not real name) is sounding the alarm about her imminent return to Australia.

Sara is now alarmed the Albanese government will let Rosse-Emile and the other ISIS brides back into the country due to the risk of another terror attack like the Bondi Beach massacre, where 15 Jewish people were killed by Islamic extremists on December 14.

'When she said she wanted to make bombs, I was shocked and I didn't know what to say,' Sara said.

'You don't expect someone to say that.'

Sara lived with Rosse-Emile and her Moroccan Islamic State fighter husband Nabil Kadmiry in south-east Melbourne in late 2010, before they relocated to Syria in 2014.

Previous reports said the pair married when Rosse-Emile was 19, but Sara said Rosse-Emile was just 14 when she tied the knot with Kadmiry, who was in his 30s.

Kirsty Rosse-Emile joined ISIS

Kirsty Rosse-Emile joined ISIS

In her message to the Albanese government last year, Rosse-Emile said: 'Hello, I'm here. Can you just come and get me, finally, and my children and all the other Australians here?

'We're ready to start our lives afresh.'

She had previously claimed she was tricked into going to Syria, but her father said last year that his daughter was lying.

'When she said, "Oh, I was tricked" and all that, it's not true,' he told The Nightly.

The ISIS brides on the way to Australia are believed to have been joined by several Australian men in Syria, including prominent Sydney GP Dr Jamal Rifi, who is helping coordinate their return home. 

The families had attempted to leave the Al Roj camp on Monday but were forced to turn around amid concerns they didn't have the correct paperwork. 

Reports now suggest a delegate has been sent by the government to accompany them from the camp to Australia, despite the Prime Minister emphatically denying the government was providing the group with support. 

On Thursday, Opposition attorney-general spokeswoman Michaelia Cash alleged the Albanese Government had deceived Australians, bluntly telling Sky News the PM was 'bulls***ing' the country.

Premier Chris Minns confirmed some ISIS brides will resettle in NSW

Premier Chris Minns confirmed some ISIS brides will resettle in NSW

In a statement, she said: 'Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is being disingenuous and deceiving the Australian people by refusing to immediately impose Temporary Exclusion Orders on all the ISIS brides presently trying to return to Australia.

'Despite his repeated claims that he is "constantly receiving advice" from security agencies, the law is crystal clear: Minister Burke can make this decision himself, right now.

'Many Australians would be concerned that having the life partner of an ISIS-terrorist in their suburb would help foster support for a terrorist act, like the Bondi attack. Minister Burke should explain why he disagrees.'

Multicultural and Multifaith Affairs opposition spokesman Evan Mulholland said the state and federal governments need to ensure the safety of our multicultural communities who suffered at the hands of ISIS'.

'We have welcomed Assyrian, Chaldean, Yazidi, Alawite, Shia Muslim and Druze communities into Australia and it is our first duty to protect them and make them feel safe,' he said.

'Victorians want nothing to do with ISIS, or anyone who would willingly join their cause.'

It's understood, meetings between the Federal and NSW governments have been underway since late last year. 

The meetings regard how their returning brides and children would be supported, what medical care they needed and how the children would settle into the education system. 

Minns on Monday confirmed the meetings had been ongoing.

'It’s been on an official-to-officials level, and it has to do with what happens if, or when, they return to NSW,' he said.

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