Turkey's military offensive in northern Syria once again raises the question: how should Germany deal with IS returnees who are currently in Kurdish prisons there? Should they even be brought to Germany and put on trial here?
The North Rhine-Westphalian authorities want to pay special attention to radicalized women and children. It was about "stopping the spread of their hate ideology," said Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU). A network of constitutional protection, youth welfare offices and schools should help. Recommendations for action are currently being prepared.
"In the long term, we must do our utmost to de-radicalize these people so that they no longer pose a threat to society," Reul said. "The most important and first goal is to prevent these often battle-hardened people from committing crimes again."
84 IS-trailers with German passport in Syria imprisoned
According to an internal list of the Federal Government in Syria, 84 supporters of the "Islamic State" (IS) were recently arrested with a German passport. One third of them are classified as a threat, 19 men and eight women. How many of them used the Turkish military offensive in northern Syria to escape from detention centers and camps is unknown. The militants of the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS) and their relatives were last held in camps controlled by Kurdish groups.
From ideologized, female returnees, according to findings of the security authorities go as long-term risks as from men. "They network the scene and carry the jihadist ideology to their children and other women," said the Dusseldorf Ministry of Interior.
There are currently about 300 minors living in war zones in Germany. "They are victims of the IS, the war and the ideology of their parents."