(Deutsche Welle) Germany will only take back “Islamic State” foreign fighters and their families if they can prove their identities and they do not pose a serious security threat, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has said.
“In the interest of the security of our country, the German government must set out conditions for the return of former IS fighters who have German citizenship,” he told the Wednesday edition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
German authorities would also need to review each individual case before anyone boarded a plane for Germany, to find out whether the former fighters are wanted in another country.
The conservative minister said he was not interested in repatriating foreign fighters if they are suspected of carrying out serious offenses.
