Jamal Rifi is the Sydney doctor at the centre of a controversial mission to repatriate the so-called ISIS brides – 34 Australian women and children who are living in a camp in Syria.

He also wants to bring back a young man who was taken to Syria as a boy who is now in an adult men’s prison. 

The women travelled to Syria and were married to jihadists, who are now dead or in jail. When Islamic State's so-called caliphate fell, they were put in detention camps. For seven years they have lived in no man’s land, trying to return home to Australia. 

Dr Rifi, a medical doctor and friend of Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, speaks to senior writer Michael Bachelard for this special episode of The Morning Edition.

Jamal Rifi is the Sydney doctor at the centre of a controversial mission to repatriate the so-called ISIS brides &ndash; 34 Australian women and children who are living in a camp in Syria.
He also wants to bring back a young man who was taken to Syria as a boy who is now in an adult men&rsquo;s prison.&nbsp;
The women travelled to Syria and were married to jihadists, who are now dead or in jail. When Islamic State's so-called caliphate fell, they were put in detention camps. For seven years they have lived in no man&rsquo;s land, trying to return home to Australia.&nbsp;
Dr Rifi, a medical doctor and friend of Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, speaks to senior writer Michael Bachelard for this special episode of The Morning Edition.

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Inside Dr Jamal Rifi's mission to bring 'ISIS brides' and children home

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