about 20 Jihad travelers with a Swiss citizenship or dual citizenship are currently in the war zone in Iraq and Syria. It is women, men and children. Because of the instability can change that number quickly.
The news service of the Federation is since 2001, Jihad travellers who have travelled from Switzerland in the war in Syria or in Iraq or currently in the war zone stop, such as the service held Thursday in an email to the news Agency Keystone-SDA.
In November 2018 climbed to the news service, the number of jihadist Motivation traveled to 93, the same as in August of the previous year. Among these cases, 31 persons with Swiss nationality (of which 18 are dual citizens), as well as a dozen women with Connections to Switzerland.
The rest of the cases concern persons of foreign nationality with a residence permit or a connection to Switzerland. Of the from 2001 to today, captured 93 of the Jihad travellers 78 to Syria and Iraq, as well as 15 to Somalia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and a Person traveled to the Philippines went.
About 20 children under the age of twelve are also on the list. Six of which at least one parent with a Swiss nationality.
Since 2016 traveled, no one with a jihadist Motivation. Of the 93 Jihad travellers since 2001, 33 have died, 27 of them confirmed. 16 are back in Switzerland, of which 13 cases have been confirmed.
challenges
adults who are drawn into the war, will be prosecuted. The question of the children is evaluated from case to case.
dealing with the terrorist-motivated travellers with Swiss nationality and the status of their criminal prosecution include, according to the news service, in principle and in practice, difficult challenges.
So those terrorist bodies in the case of Japanese to motivated travelers, who are currently imprisoned in the Iraqi-Syrian border area or in a Camp, a large number of complex humanitarian, legal and logistical issues.
Based on one of the affected Departments (DDPS, FDFA and FDJP) jointly prepared the document of the security Committee of the Federal Council treated the topic in terms of a decision of the government. This is the time. (Dec/sda)
Created: 21.02.2019, 19:56 PM
