(NCA NewsWire) A legal battle to bring a group of Australian women and their children stuck in a refugee camp in Syria back home to Australia has been rejected by the Federal Court.
A group of 20 Australian children and 11 women had been seeking to compel the federal government to repatriate them from north-east Syria.
On Friday, Justice Mark Moshinsky rejected the application brought by non-profit group Save the Children Australia, which acted as litigation guardian in the case, in the Federal Court.
The application was made to formally request the Australian government to uphold its moral and legal obligation to repatriate its citizens.
