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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11293

14 April 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Jourova says between 5,000 and 6,000 Europeans are fighting in Syria

Brussels, 13/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has estimated that between 5,000 and 6,000 European volunteers have travelled to Syria to fight alongside the jihadis.

These figures, which include almost 1,500 French citizens, are likely to be “significantly under-estimated”, noted Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova in an interview with French daily Le Figaro on Monday 13 April.

To staunch the numbers leaving to take part in the fighting, Jourova will focus more on...

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