Five people who travelled to the Middle East to join Islamic State have been stripped of their Australian citizenship.

News Corp revealed the dual citizens have been targeted in a process involving high-level intelligence.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton tells Ray Hadley the investigation demonstrated they had allegiance to extremists.

“It’s a good outcome because I don’t want these people coming back.

“I want them to stay as far away from our shores as possible.

“As we’ve noted before, a number of them have been killed in action in the Middle East. That’s a great outcome.”

Click PLAY below for the full interview

Six people have so far been stripped of their citizenship for being associated with a terrorist group.