The Telegraph
New Zealand is furious with Australia for canceling the citizenship of the Islamic State terrorist suspect with dual nationality
The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has accused Australia of carrying out its problems by canceling the citizenship of a dual national Australian New Zealander who is believed to have joined the Islamic State in Syria. The Turkish Ministry of Defense said on Monday that a 26-year-old New Zealand “Daesh terrorist” had been deported with her two children after Turkish border personnel caught them illegally leaving the northern Syrian province of Idlib. According to media reports, the woman is Suhayra Aden, who moved to Australia from New Zealand at the age of six and lived in Melbourne before traveling to Syria in 2014 with her Australian passport to live under the so-called Islamic State. An angry me. Ardern said on Tuesday that she spoke to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the dual civil servant in 2019 after she was detained with her two children after the Western-backed Syrian Kurdish troops crossed the IS line. in Syria. Mr. Morrison then acquired the citizenship of Mrs. Aden moved in without me. Ardern to tell, and leave New Zealand to deal with the dilemma alone. “You can suggest my answer to me,” she said after learning the following year that Australia had acted unilaterally. “Our very strong position on behalf of New Zealanders was that this person is clearly the best treated in Australia … This is where their family lives, this is where their ties live, and this is where they left for Syria,” she said. Ms Ardern said the well-being of surviving children aged five and two is important. “These children were born without any guilt in a conflict zone,” Ms Ardern said. Ms Aden has reportedly had a third child who died of pneumonia, after marrying Swedish citizens twice in Syria who also both died. Me. Ardern said Australia had “fired responsibility” for Ms. Aden, who spent most of her life in Australia. “New Zealand is honestly tired of having Australia carry out its problems,” Ardern said. “If the shoe was on the other foot, we would accept responsibility, it would be the right thing to do. I ask Australia to do the same.” But a disgruntled Mr. Morrison said his only concern was the safety of Australians. “It is my job as Australian Prime Minister to put Australia’s national security interests first,” he told a news conference. Australian legislation to automatically end citizenship for dual nationals determined to be involved in terrorism has been used against at least 17 people who have reportedly joined IS. The case highlights the unresolved issue of tens of thousands of prisoners left in limbo after the territorial defeat of IS. Most are being held in bad conditions in the Al-Hol near the Iraqi border, but after hundreds of escapes from the vast camp authorities last year, dozens of Western prisoners have moved to the smaller and safer Roj camp. At one time, there were probably up to 66 Australians, including 44 children, in the camps, although the Australian government repatriated eight children in June 2019, and others may have escaped. One New Zealand man is known to be detained in northeastern Syria. Mark Taylor, who became known as the Bumbling Jihadi for revealing his location in posts calling for attacks on New Zealanders, has been detained in a Kurdish prison since surrendering in late 2018. Earlier this month, a group of United Nations experts called on the 57 governments. which is believed to have civilians in the camps to repatriate their citizens, following reports that 20 people were killed in Al-Hol in January.