He touched down in Melbourne and was questioned by Federal Police officers for several hours before being allowed to travel on to Brisbane, where he is from.
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An Australian man who reportedly joined a group fighting Islamic State jihadists in Syria will be deported from Germany, the foreign ministry said Saturday. “The public can rest assured that any Australian who is identified as a threat to security will be investigated by the relevant agencies”.
“Please do not fight the deportation back to Australia”, the statement said, adding that the matter needed to be resolved in Australia and “not on foreign soil”.
In June it was reported that another Australian man, Reece Harding, was killed fighting with the Kurdish YPG militia group against IS in Syria.
He had travelled to the frontline in May despite federal government warnings it is an offence for Australian citizens to involve themselves in the conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
In reality, he could be facing serious charges because of Australian laws that prohibit Australians fighting on either side of the Syrian conflict.
Harding’s mother Michelle Harding said Ashley Dyball should not be charged.
Mrs Dyball spoke to the TODAY show after she was reunited with her son and said it was overwhelming to see him again. Two days later, he arrived home in Melbourne where his family and friends, who have been supporting his mission, greeted him at the airport wearing yellow.
“To be with him on the plane, with the four of us sitting there… no guards, nothing, it was just, yesterday we wouldn’t have believed it, ” she said as tears dripped down her face. And they’re heroes in our books.
‘The charges are just so ridiculous, they should be dropped.
“It is hard and we are happy as well – happy we can go and tell him it is all OK – we are all here for him”, Ms Dyball said.
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“It is time to clear your name as you have done nothing wrong”, it said.
