Switzerland to strip jihadis of citizenship in major terror crackdown
[Switzerland to strip jihadis of citizenship in
major terror crackdown: Switzerland has passed a law that allows the government
to remove dual nationality from jihadists by Siobhan McFadyen
Express.co.uk] "The Swiss State Secretariat for
Migration has made changes to its Civil Rights bill to deal with the increasing
issue of terrorism in Europe.
A case was brought before the courts when the
government applied to strip a 19-year-old of his dual nationality.
The unnamed man, who joined Islamic State (ISIS) in
Syria in 2015, also held Italian nationality but posted photos of himself with
the decapitated head of one of his victims.
Now the jihadi from Winterthur in the canton of Zürich
in northern Switzerland is no longer a citizen although he is also believed to
be dead.
Since 2001, the country says 77 people have fled
Switzerland to fight in the Middle East.
And the Federal Intelligence Service says 17 of those
believed to have travelled to Iraq and Syria had dual nationality.
The country has now toughened up laws which will come
into full force in January that allows them to strip terrorists of their status
and their passports in a bid to expel them from the country..." Full text:
Switzerland to Strip jihadis of citizenship in major terror crackdown
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Switzerland to strip jihadis of citizenship in major terror crackdown