Ben Nasr insisted for three days that he was seeking asylum from his country for political reasons, before his real identity was exposed using fingerprint records. ISIS has been using the rising tide of refugees from Libya and Syria to move its members into Europe . What previously was deemed a suspicion , has now been proven by specific court cases . Italy recently returned Mehdi Ben Nasr to Tunisia , after he arrived in Lampedusa on a refugee boat from Libya , claiming to be one Ali Ben Ali . Italian police grew suspicious of his identity , and finally , on the basis of fingerprint evidence , he was deported . Ben Ali had been arrested in Italy in 2008 for recruiting members to Al Qaeda .
ISIS has been using the rising tide of refugees from Libya and Syria to move its members into Europe . What previously was deemed a suspicion , has now been proven by specific court cases . Italy recently returned Mehdi Ben Nasr to Tunisia , after he arrived in Lampedusa on a refugee boat from Libya , claiming to be one Ali Ben Ali . Italian police grew suspicious of his identity , and finally , on the basis of fingerprint evidence , he was deported . Ben Ali had been arrested in Italy in 2008 for recruiting members to Al Qaeda .