Brit fighting in Syria fears returning home

Britons fighting in Syria can come home, but the Home Office reserves the right to prove they are telling the truth about being involved in acts of terrorism.

They could be subject to monitoring and a full investigation, including M16 and M16 probes.

One of the most controversial measures announced by David Cameron last week was to take their passports away temporarily and put them on a 'no-fly list.'

But that has not even been discussed in parliament yet and will be subject to legislation.

A "significant number" of the 500 Britons who went to fight in Syria now want to return home.

These include some who have witnesses the atrocities of Islamic State firsthand.

Should they be allowed to return home? It is a question not just affecting the UK, but many Western countries.

Denmark has been positively welcoming in the return of jihadists, believing firmly in the process of rehabilitation.

But the Danish example has proved that sifting between the dangerous and the disillusioned can be a complex and expensive process.

A British man trying to return home from fighting in Syria has told ITV News he fears what might happen to him if he does.

The man - who spoke on condition of anonymity - says he went to Syria a year ago to fight the Assad regime, not to bring terror back to the streets of Britain.

Before he joined the conflict, he had a full-time job earning a £40,000 salary.

But now he says he has little choice but to carry on fighting as he does not known what will happen to him under the government's proposed new counter-terror laws.

ITV's UK Editor Rohit Kachroo has this exclusive report: