(AAP) The impending resettlement of more relatives of Islamic State fighters has reared as a Victorian election issue, with the state opposition objecting.
A group of 17 Australian women and children who have been in the al-Roj camp in Syria since the fall of the terrorist group in 2019 arrived in Sydney on Saturday after a secret operation.
The Albanese government last month confirmed a rescue plan for 16 women and 42 children who are family of IS members.
A second group is expected to be rescued and resettled in Sydney within weeks but another cohort bound for Melbourne is unlikely to arrive until after the November 26 poll, Nine Newspapers report.
