Maldives Initiates Operation to Repatriate Citizens in Syria

The Maldives government has chartered a flight to Türkiye to repatriate about 20 Maldivian citizens, mostly wives and children of fighters, from internment camps in Syria. The operation, conducted by the homeland security ministry and police, will place the returnees in the National Reintegration Centre in Hinmafushi, Kaafu Atoll for up to one year. Over 100 Maldivians have gone to Syria, with more than 70 killed. The Maldives has the world's second-highest per capita rate of ISIS fighters. Counter-terrorism measures include amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act and Penal Code, and establishment of a Joint Interagency Operations Centre. Radicalisation is fueled by foreign preachers, Salafism, and street gangs in Malé.

The Maldives government has chartered a flight to Türkiye to repatriate about 20 Maldivian citizens, mostly wives and children of fighters, from internment camps in Syria. The operation, conducted by the homeland security ministry and police, will place the returnees in the National Reintegration Centre in Hinmafushi, Kaafu Atoll for up to one year. Over 100 Maldivians have gone to Syria, with more than 70 killed. The Maldives has the world's second-highest per capita rate of ISIS fighters. Counter-terrorism measures include amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act and Penal Code, and establishment of a Joint Interagency Operations Centre. Radicalisation is fueled by foreign preachers, Salafism, and street gangs in Malé.

The Maldives government has chartered a flight to Türkiye to repatriate about 20 Maldivian citizens, mostly wives and children of fighters, from internment camps in Syria. The operation, conducted by the homeland security ministry and police, will place the returnees in the National Reintegration Centre in Hinmafushi, Kaafu Atoll for up to one year. Over 100 Maldivians have gone to Syria, with more than 70 killed. The Maldives has the world's second-highest per capita rate of ISIS fighters. Counter-terrorism measures include amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act and Penal Code, and establishment of a Joint Interagency Operations Centre. Radicalisation is fueled by foreign preachers, Salafism, and street gangs in Malé.

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