Sydney: Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott today announced that citizenship for terror links will be stripped by amending the law. Notify that Australia had announced it will amend the law to strip dual nationals linked to terrorism of their citizenship for “betraying the country”, but insisted no one would be left stateless.
PM Tony Abbott said the new powers would apply to dual nationals who fight with or support jihadists such as Islamic State group or so-called lone wolves who pose a threat on home soil.
Meanwhile government backed away from removing citizenship from second-generation Australians.
Such nationals linked to terror groups would have been forced to take on the citizenship of their parents’ birth countries under that scenario.
PM Abbott said, “The changes will be consistent with our international legal obligation not to leave a person stateless. There will also be safeguards, including judicial review, to balance these powers.”
“These new powers are a necessary and appropriate response to the terrorist threat. They modernise our laws and bring them closer to those of Britain, Canada, France, the United States and other countries.”
Notify that a Sydney mother reportedly abandoned her two children and fled to Syria for a new life under Islamic State after which the announcement came.
Notify that a Sydney mother becoming one of more than 100 Australians who have joined the jihadists. At least 30 have been killed.
Tony Abbott led government of Australia said that it was deeply disturbed by the revelations and was monitoring the situation closely.
Bureau Report
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