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Counter-terror Chief Gilles de Kerchove:

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EU Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove
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European countries must prioritise which jihadists to pursue in court if they are to avoid being overwhelmed by the caseload, the EU's counter-terrorism chief told AFP in an interview.

Gilles de Kerchove, in Paris this week for a meeting of EU counter-terrorism magistrates, said jihadists who had clearly engaged with the most brutal militant groups and risked carrying out violence within Europe must be prosecuted.

But he said authorities must also identify less fanatical members who could be open to deradicalisation.

"There is a considerable number of Europeans among the foreign combattants who have travelled to Iraq and Syria, certainly more than 4,000," said Kerchove.

"So, whatever happens, we don't have a choice: surveillance of all of them is beyond the capacity of states.

"Before Syria, we were talking about dozens of people to monitor. Now we're in the thousands."

He said there were many cases in which there was little or no evidence against jihadists returning from Syria.

"We are not present in Syria. We don't collaborate with the Assad regime, so it's not easy to prove that someone joined Daesh group or (Al-Qaeda-affiliated) Jabat al-Nusra rather than the Free Syrian Army," said Kerchove.

"I've said it for a long time: it would be a profound error to send everyone that returns from Syria or Iraq to prison, not least because prisons are a major vehicle for radicalisation."

That leaves the difficult task of finding suitable and willing candidates for deradicalisation programmes.

"It's difficult, especially since many have learned the art of subterfuge. It's not an exact science but... we must reduce the number of suspects by putting in place systems of rehabilitation or psychological and social assistance programmes for those who do not present an objective risk."

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced Wednesday that authorities would by the end of the year start taking in volunteers returning from conflict zones who were not the subject of legal action.

"By an individualised approach, and psychological support... these young people should find their place in our society again," he said at the magistrates' gathering.

Kerchove, who has headed the counter-terrorism unit in Brussels for seven years, said "there was always an element of uncertainty".

"I've always said that our societies need to learn to live with the militant risk," he said.

"It's not just people leaving for Syria and coming back, or members of old networks. There is also those inspired by the Internet.

"Neutralising someone who is becoming more and more radical, who is seduced on his own by the sirens of radical Islam and decides to carry out some action on his own, which is very easy -- that's beyond what our intelligence services can do."
Source: AFP

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