Ardern condemns Australia for revoking ISIL suspect’s citizenship

New Zealand prime minister says Australia revoked the citizenship of a woman detained in Turkey over ISIL links.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has condemned Australia for refusing to accept responsibility for a woman detained in Turkey with alleged links to the ISIL (ISIS) group. In a statement on Tuesday, Ardern said the woman had held New Zealand and Australian citizenships previously but the Australian government had “unilaterally” cancelled her citizenship. Turkish authorities said on Monday that the 26-year-old woman was an ISIL “terrorist” and had been caught while “trying to enter our country illegally from Syria”.