No. 210: Dealing with Jihadist Returnees: A Tough Challenge

Author(s): Fabien Merz
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 210
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017

With the ongoing military setbacks the “Islamic State” (IS) suffered, the number of jihadist foreign fighters returning to Europe might further increase. Switzerland, too, must be prepared to deal with these individuals. Some clues may be gained from experiences made in France and Denmark, two states particularly affected by this phenomenon.

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Overview: Foreign Fighters who left for Syria and/or Iraq