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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10901

2 August 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Departures for Syria - nine ministers call for European PNR

Brussels, 01/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 1 August, France and Belgium, followed by seven other countries, called on the EU to rapidly avail itself of a PNR (Passenger Name Record) system, to stem the flow of fighters leaving from the EU to fight in Syria and other conflict zones. Hundreds of fighters of European origin have already engaged in the fighting in Syria, some on behalf of the Jihad.

During the Council of Home Ministers of the European Union in Luxembourg on 7 June this...