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How Belgium overcame the threat from returning foreign terrorist fighters. Egmont Commentary, 22 March 2018

Coolsaet, Rik (2018) How Belgium overcame the threat from returning foreign terrorist fighters. Egmont Commentary, 22 March 2018. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Two years ago exactly, Belgium was struck by the worst terrorist attack in its history. The cell behind these deadly attacks was mostly composed of foreign fighters returning from Syria – the so-called “returnees”. Since 2016, few fighters have returned, but the threat remains. This commentary looks into the evolution of the Belgian response to this phenomenon and evaluates the challenges ahead.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Belgian diplomacy, EU strategy and foreign policy, Terrorism
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Countries > Belgium
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > terrorism
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Egmont : Royal Institute for International Affairs > Commentaries
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 19 Jul 2019 15:51
    Number of Pages: 6
    Last Modified: 19 Jul 2019 15:51
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/97523

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