It appears that countries are taking it seriously about this ISIS threat so are thinking of different ways to prevent their citizens from leaving; and if they do leave, how to prevent them from coming back.
As Aspiring Jihadists Heed Call of ISIS, Home Nations Try to Stymie Them
By SOMINI SENGUPTASEPT. 12, 2014
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Dealing With Citizens Turned Jihadists
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UNITED NATIONS — France wants the power to block its citizens from leaving the country without a court order, while Britain is weighing whether to revoke citizenship altogether. Tunisia is debating measures to make it a criminal offense to help jihadist fighters travel to Syria and Iraq, while Russia has outlawed enlisting in armed groups that are “contradictory to Russian policy.”
The rapid surge of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and its ability to draw fighters from across the globe, has set off alarm bells in capitals worldwide. Countries that rarely see eye to eye are now trying to blunt its recruitment drive, passing a raft of new rules that they hope will stop their citizens from joining extremist groups abroad and, in some cases, discussing how to keep them from ever coming home.
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As Aspiring Jihadists Heed Call of ISIS, Home Nations Try to Stymie Them
By SOMINI SENGUPTASEPT. 12, 2014
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Dealing With Citizens Turned Jihadists
Dealing With Citizens Turned Jihadists
Video CreditBy Christian Roman on Publish DateSeptember 12, 2014. Image CreditReuters
UNITED NATIONS — France wants the power to block its citizens from leaving the country without a court order, while Britain is weighing whether to revoke citizenship altogether. Tunisia is debating measures to make it a criminal offense to help jihadist fighters travel to Syria and Iraq, while Russia has outlawed enlisting in armed groups that are “contradictory to Russian policy.”
The rapid surge of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and its ability to draw fighters from across the globe, has set off alarm bells in capitals worldwide. Countries that rarely see eye to eye are now trying to blunt its recruitment drive, passing a raft of new rules that they hope will stop their citizens from joining extremist groups abroad and, in some cases, discussing how to keep them from ever coming home.
Continue reading at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/w...ompt-laws-against-foreign-fighters.html?&_r=0