Turkish authorities said they deported a U.S. national affiliated with Islamic State
Turkey’s Interior Ministry said it also was sending a Danish Islamic State suspect back to Denmark on Monday and has completed paperwork to deport more than 20 Europeans this week, including three Irish nationals and 11 French. A spokesman for Germany’s foreign ministry said Turkey had said it would deport ten German nationals over the course of the week.
Some of the suspected militants being deported were captured in Turkey or detained when Turkey forces seized Kurdish-held territory in northern Syria in what it said was an effort to improve security along the Turkey-Syria border. But after Western nations refused to back its offensive in Syria, Ankara has begun speeding up the repatriation process.
The Turkish Interior Ministry didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. A U.S. official said he had seen the reports of the deportation but had no immediate comment. Mr. Høyer said European countries have failed to help Turkey, as well as the Kurdish militia, to construct adequate prison facilities for the hundreds of jailed foreign fighters and provide the necessary resources to put them on trial.
Human rights groups, legal think tanks and the Danish Bar and Law Society have criticized the bill for violating basic legal principles.
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