The UN has called on the Australian government to urgently address the situation for women and children in camps in northeast Syria. UN Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights Fionnuala Ní Aolain has said she has called on the Australian government to uphold "international obligations" and repatriate Australian nationals. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left party won elections in Australia on 21 May, toppling the conservative government. "The Australian government is under an unequivocal international obligation to bring their nationals home, including their children," Ní Aolain told SBS News. "It behoves this new government to take these obligations seriously and to commit and to react speedily to the opportunity to bring them home as quickly as possible." Between 2014 and 2016 tens […] Source
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