Amid mounting pressure from US officials to repatriate Australian wives and children of suspected militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group from Syria, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked if his views had changed after being quoted his own remarks from 2019 on the children of these families.
“Children who are Australian citizens, who have made no choices about where they are and the circumstances in which they find themselves, are deserving of Australia’s protection,” Albanese, then-Opposition leader, said.
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