A group of 13 women and children with links to Islamic State (IS) have booked tickets to return home to Australia, the government has said.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said it "has not and will not provide" any help to the four women and nine children who have spent years in a Syrian camp. They are part of a larger group of 34 believed to include wives, widows and children of IS fighters.
When the group arrive in Australia, "some individuals will be arrested and charged," the Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett said.
The larger cohort left the camp in February but returned for "technical reasons" with the Australian government refusing to officially repatriate them.
"These are people who have made the horrific choice to join a dangerous terrorist organisation and to place their children in an unspeakable situation," Burke told the media on Wednesday.
