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Brit fighting in Syria fears returning home

A British man who wants to return home from fighting in Syria to visit relatives has exclusively told ITV News he fears what will happen to him if he does after the government announced a "terror crackdown".

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  1. Rohit Kachroo

'Significant number' of Brits in Syria want to come home

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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.

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