An expert in the Middle East is backing plans to bring a woman linked to Islamic State back into New Zealand.
Cabinet ministers have agreed to accept Suhayra Aden and her two children into the country - but won't reveal when they'll arrive or what conditions they'll be under.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will only say a plan is place to keep New Zealanders safe.
National Party foreign affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee called for more information on security arrangements be made public and questioned the government's decision.
Dr Karam Shaar is an economist, a Middle East scholar and a Syrian former refugee now living and working in New Zealand.
He spoke to Susie Ferguson.
