<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Children with links to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/isis" rel="" target="" title="Islamic State"><span>Islamic State</span></a><span> will be asked to take part in deradicalisation programs after touching down in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national" rel="" target="" title="Australia "><span>Australia</span></a><span> with four women on Thursday evening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The nine children, who are understood to be Australian citizens, are likely to receive taxpayer-funded support as part of their reintegration into Australian society.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three women - Janai Safar, Kawsar Ahmad, also known as Abbas, and Zeinab Ahmad - were arrested at Sydney and Melbourne international airports when they arrived with the children on Thursday.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/kharg-island-oil-slick-tanker-iran-middle-east-usa-latest-news-updates/cfa7a803-7dd6-4013-a178-745cd0ef9a21"><strong><span>Pentagon won't deny attack after massive oil slick spotted off Kharg Island</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> A fourth woman, 33-year-old Zahra Ahmad, walked free from Melbourne Airport alongside the eight children the group was travelling with.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Victoria Police and the AFP are now working very closely in relation to this matter," Victorian Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The children living in Victoria are expected to be offered support from government services and will be "asked to undertake countering violent extremism programs", a Victorian government spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/islinked-families-could-receive-support-to-help-reintegration/1bd83a17-d0aa-4a1d-baac-3b48b71d6701" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zahra, the widow of an Islamic State recruiter, is expected to be monitored by local and federal police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She will be eligible for a range of support, such as rental assistance and parenting payments.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Clearly these people are Australian citizens, they have some rights in respect of that," Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/small-businesses-to-permanently-keep-20000-tax-break-in-federal-budget/914a1bbf-86cb-40a7-8486-e2f19cc87aff"><strong><span>$20k tax relief for tradies ahead of federal budget</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, Zeinab Ahmad and Abbas have been charged with slavery offences.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's the first time Australian law is being used to prosecute citizens for allegations of slavery committed overseas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The mother and daughter will face a bail hearing in Melbourne on Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Safar remains behind bars in NSW, on charges of entering a prohibited area and being a member of a terrorist organisation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of her relatives, a 42-year-old Sydney man who helped repatriate the group from Syria, was </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-who-reportedly-helped-bring-socalled-isis-brides-to-australia-arrested-on-unrelated-charges/47f10a37-f12a-48b2-8c5e-b32338358c03" rel="" target="" title="arrested upon their return to Australia over an unrelated assault charge"><span>arrested upon their return to Australia over an unrelated assault charge</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A further 21 Australian women and children remain in refugee camps in north-eastern Syria.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The federal government insists, like this latest group, that they are not being offered support to return to Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When the Coalition was in government, we saw 40 people come back and not just brides, but actual ISIS fighters come back to this country," Marles said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 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