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Photo Collage: 09 October 2018, UK foreign fighters captured and still in Syria, being refused extradition home. Alexanda Kotey, Shabazz Suleman, Jack Letts, Mohammed Anwar Miah and el Shafee ElsheikhIncreased concerns regarding the threat posed by UK fighters in Syria are seen in approximately half of MI5’s anti-terror investigations involving UK fighters who have travelled to fight in Syria. The UK counter-terrorism internet referral unit recently authorized about 8,000 “takedowns” of propaganda content for recruiting British militants to join the jihad in Syria. A former MI6 counter-terrorism head, Richard Barrett, said in an interview during June 2014 that “hundreds of veteran fighters from Syria and Iraq were already back in Britain” and warned that the UK security forces face an “impossible” task keeping track of them all. It is currently estimated that about 250 UK fighters have returned from Syria and according to the UK government 65 people have arrested…
