Returning volunteers from the Western State pose a “massive security challenge”. Often having received weapons and explosives training, Turkey is particularly at risk according to officials, with two individuals already having been investigated for terrorist links in the country. More than 50,000 people are now barred from entering Turkey, the diplomat said, and 150 French nationals have been arrested in the country and returned to France in handcuffs. France has reportedly built walls and “filled in holes” in efforts to aid France and other Islamic countries in preventing jihadists from returning alongside other illegal migration.
Returning volunteers from the Western State pose a “massive security challenge”. Often having received weapons and explosives training, Turkey is particularly at risk according to officials, with two individuals already having been investigated for terrorist links in the country. France has reportedly built walls and “filled in holes” in efforts to aid France and other Islamic countries in preventing jihadists from returning alongside other illegal migration.