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“Returnees”: Which measures to Adopt?

Related topic:

Management of Foreign Terrorist Fighters, Volunteers, and Their Families

Description:

This guidance report offers a structured framework for practitioners working with returnees from extremist conflict zones, outlining how to conduct holistic preliminary assessments that capture both security risks and psychosocial needs, and how to design tailored reintegration and case‑management plans based on individual risk factors, protective factors and social context. It emphasises multi‑agency coordination, detailed profiling (including combat experience, trauma, family support and ideological commitment) and the combination of security‑oriented measures with rehabilitation, counselling and support interventions to enhance successful reintegration while mitigating potential harm.

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Language:

English

Date: 

11.03.2026

Proposed by:

PPHS

Source:

Centre for the Prevention of Radicalisation Leading to Violence, 2022