Terror reports issue urgent warnings to European governments over repatriation of ISIS fighters Following a UK court decision on Shamima Begum, reports warn prisons could be ‘overwhelmed’ if all foreign ISIS fighters are returned

(National-UAE) European governments are being warned of the “urgent” need to adopt a uniform plan for the repatriation of ISIS fighters as thousands are set to return and be released from prisons.

Two reports focusing on the threat posed by extremists in Europe have been released just days after a UK court ruled in favour of former ISIS member Shamima Begum.

Ms Begum won her bid to return to the country to appeal against a 2019 government order which stripped [her] of her citizenship.

A report by the International Centre for the Study of [Radicalisation] is urgently calling on governments to collaborate and warns of the need for rehabilitation with probation officers to begin while extremists are still in prison rather than after they are released.

Read more.