SYDNEY: A second group of Australian women and children linked to the Daesh extremist group have departed a refugee camp in northeast Syria and may be returning to Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday. The broadcaster said a bus carrying the group left the Al-Roj camp on Thursday afternoon under escort by a convoy of Syrian government officials. The group is expected to reach Damascus, though it remains unclear when they might travel to Australia, the report said.

Six Australian women, along with their children and grandchildren, look likely to leave a camp in Syria within days.

The Opposition has criticised the government, saying they've not done enough to stop the IS-linked women from returning.