Sweden is considering drafting new legislation that would ban its nationals from fighting in armed conflicts for terrorist organizations such as Islamic State (IS), the government says.
“It is completely unacceptable that Swedish citizens are traveling to (join) IS, financing the organization, or fighting for it,” Justice Minister Morgan Johansson and Interior Minister Anders Ygeman write in a joint article in leading newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
The proposed ban would prohibit combat for terrorist organizations listed as such by the United Nations or European Union.
“We have a responsibility for what our citizens do both here at home and in other countries,” they write.
“People who live here and who have chosen to join IS can constitute a serious threat upon their return. Criminalization is of course not the only way of preventing this but it is an important part of anti-terrorism measures,” they say.
— AFP
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