(El País) The French government has given the green light for the establishment of a registry to monitor the more than 200 minors who have returned from Syria or Iraq in recent years, according to a government decree approved on April 7. The purpose of the data list, the text specifies, is to “guarantee their protection and prevent their participation in a process of delinquency or radicalization.”
The database will include, in addition to the children’s names, details such as their parents’ location, the conditions of their arrival in France, whether they were born in areas where terrorist groups operate, and which public services are responsible for their tracking. Lawyers and relatives of the minors have expressed concern that the registry will further stigmatize them, and they are planning to appeal against the measure.
