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Kyle Sandilands has hit Australians unhappy with a group of ISIS brides and their children who are back in Sydney after being evacuated from a refugee camp in Syria.
In a furious rant on Thursday morning, Sandilands told his KIIS FM listeners that he fully supported the return of the women who were married to Islamic State terrorists during the height of the militant group’s power.
Four women and 13 children arrived in NSW on Saturday and a further nine women and 29 children are expected to be repatriated in the coming weeks.
The Albanian government has kept many details of the operation secret, but it was widely reported that the women would be closely monitored once they were back in Australia.
Kyle Sandilands (above) said he welcomes former ISIS brides with ‘open arms’ because they were ‘cheated’ and are still Australian citizens
The women were spotted visiting McDonalds (above), playgrounds and a Kmart on Wednesday after arriving in Sydney from Syria on Saturday.
This belief was shattered when the women and their children were spotted Tuesday at McDonald’s, Kmart and playgrounds in western Sydney.
Sandilands called on people to remember the appalling conditions in which the families have lived in Syria’s al-Hol and al-Roj refugee camps.
“They are Australian citizens who have been defrauded, young girls who have been tricked into sex slavery, beaten and threatened,” he said.
‘They lived with children in a Syrian refugee camp for a number of years.
“I welcome you with open arms, you’re welcome back in the country.”
He said media coverage of their return was mostly negative.
“It’s very strange how many of these journalists pretend to be the terrible terrorists,” he said.
The women and children were previously removed from al-Roj (above) and al-Hol refugee camps in Syria
“Yesterday there was an article that said they went to a McDonald’s and a Kmart and I was like, ‘So? Just like anyone can’.’
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb also joined the conversation on Thursday to say the operation was in government hands.
“I understand the concern of the community. We will work with the Commonwealth to manage the risks involved,” she told the Today Show.
“I have also suggested that the NSW Police Department will continue to investigate whether any criminal offenses have been committed before, but this will be an ongoing investigation.
When asked whether the NSW police would keep an eye on the women and children, Commissioner Webb said it has no authority to do so.
“I’ll leave it to the Commonwealth to comment on what they’re doing,” she said.
Independent MP Dai Le (above) said the Albanian government has covered up the operation in a ‘cloak of secrecy’ that is not fair to Syrian refugees already living in Australia
Kyle Sandilands urged people to remember the harsh conditions the women lived in Syrian refugee camps (photo, al-Hol)
While the return of the women has been hotly debated, some are angrier that the government kept so much of the mission a secret.
Sky News political commentator Peta Credlin criticized Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for not “having the audacity” to explain to Australians what the return of former ISIS members will look like.
“Whether you agree with the decision or not, it’s completely wrong for the Prime Minister to hide from something as big as this,” Credlin snorted.
No one wants to see children suffer for their parents’ crimes, but that does not excuse the Albanian government’s utter failure to even explain that jihadist families are returning to Australia.
“It completely disregards its duty to explain how the safety of a few women who Australia has rejected to join terrorist groups abroad is more important than the safety of the wider population.
“They shouldn’t have terrorists or terrorist sympathizers in a street next to them.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (above) has faced harsh criticism for keeping the operation a secret, including how the women and children will be safely reintegrated into Australian society
Outspoken independent MP Dai Le in Sydney’s southwest also called on the government to be honest about how the women and children will be reintegrated safely.
“It seems the government is doing all this under the cloak of secrecy,” she told Sunrise on Tuesday.
“It’s a shame because our community is one of the most multicultural voters in all of Australia.
“A large part of our population are people who have fled the ISIS state and they are very concerned.”
She added that many people in her electorate are Syrian refugees, and as a refugee from war-torn Vietnam in the 1970s, she understands why they are concerned about the return of the women.
“The people fleeing the ISIS regime, they remember the trauma, they remember the atrocities in their country,” she said.
In total, 13 women and 42 children who were formerly members of ISIS will be brought to Australia from Syria (photo, the al-Roj camp)
“The fear that the word ISIS brings to these families has led to the reason why they left.”
The Albanian government’s repatriation mission stands in stark contrast to the Morrison government’s previous ban on the return of ISIS supporters.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton maintains his party’s stance and said the return of the women could pose a security risk.
“I’m concerned about people coming back from the theater of war, especially if they’ve been in the midst of mixing with people who hate our country and our way of life,” Dutton told Sky News last week. .
The Prime Minister must stand up today to explain to the Australian public the measures they have taken. Based on my collective experience and what I know, I don’t think it’s in the best interest of our country.’
Opposition leader Peter Dutton (above) has said the return of the ISIS brides and children is not “in the best interest of our country”.