(Dutch News) Bringing back IS wives and children from Syria will be better for national security, the counter-terrorism agency NCTV said in a confidential memo in 2018, the Volkskrant reported on Friday afternoon.
The memo was made public by lawyers for 23 jihadi brides and 55 children during a court hearing aimed at getting the Netherlands to soften its hard-line approach to repatriation.
“Not bringing back these children carries more security risks with [it],” the NCTV said. The children are still young and have not been indoctrinated and if they are not brought back, they could pose a risk in the future.
