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House of RepresentativesTuesday 3 March 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr BURKE (Watson—Minister for the Arts, Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Cyber Security, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and Leader of the House) (15:09): The government is not resettling anyone. We're not settling anyone in the same way as the Morrison government, Turnbull government and Abbott government, when foreign fighters returned under your watch, didn't resettle them.

They came on Australian passports and returned on the watch of the previous government. We are not involved in resettling any of these individuals. They asked to be repatriated.

We refused.

SourceHouse of Representatives, Tuesday 3 March 2026 — official recordTA-260303-house-5c0070b14b28:s152