Ben Fordham is speaking out against a plan to bring 16 wives of Islamic State members and 42 children home to Australia.

They have been held without charge in northeastern Syria for three and a half years following the fall of the ­Islamic State at Baghouz in March 2019.

An ASIO risk assessment has deemed these families low-risk.

Details of the repatriation are expected to be finalised today at Cabinet’s National Security Committee. 

“I don’t understand why we would take such a risk,” Ben said.

“You’re, essentially, importing a threat that is currently not our problem.”

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