British proposal to block travel to Syria and West Africa suggests renewed foreign fighter threat

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'Once you open this door, you can make a case for banning travel to about half the world.”

Women speak to guards March 31 at the gate that cordons off a section of al-Hol camp in Syria's Hasakah province for families of foreign fighters who lived in the Islamic State's self-proclaimed"caliphate.

“I can also see that there may be a case in the future for considering designating parts of West Africa,” Javid added. The British proposal suggests that the government is also worried about foreign fighters heading to other parts of the world. “The problem is, once you open this door, you can make a case for banning travel to about half the world,” Gurski said. “It becomes a game of whack-a-mole in reverse.”

David Malet, a professor at American University, says the United States and some other countries generally already have broad rules that prohibit offering material support to terrorist groups. “A woman who they say cooks for her husband? That could be material support,” Malet said.

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