A group of Australian women and children, with alleged links to the extremist group Islamic State , have returned home after years spent in a Syrian camp. Their arrival on Thursday saw some immediately arrested at Australian airports, according to local media reports.

The Australian government had confirmed on Wednesday that four women and nine children, previously detained in northeast Syria, were set to return to the country, but stressed they would receive no state assistance.

One woman and her child landed in Sydney on Thursday evening via Doha, with police boarding the aircraft to take the woman into custody, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Sydney Morning Herald reported. A second group subsequently arrived in Melbourne.…