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The group is expected to travel to Damascus before eventually returning to Australia, despite objections from ruling and opposition lawmakers.<br \/>On Sunday, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke rejected claims made in a report in the Sunday Telegraph, asserting that official preparations were under way for the cohort&#8217;s return.<br \/>&#8220;In that report, it makes a claim that we are conducting a repatriation. We are not,&#8221; Burke told Australian Broadcasting Corp television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia&#8217;s centre-left government on Sunday rejected a local media report that said it was working to repatriate Australians in a Syrian camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants.The 34 women and children were released on Monday from the camp in northern Syria, but returned to the detention centre due to technical reasons. 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