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Heijboer, Frank (2020)

Organized Irresponsibility and Returning Foreign Fighters - A Master Thesis on the Dutch Government Approach to Returning Foreign Fighters

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)
In this thesis the reluctance of Dutch politicians to repatriate foreign fighters is investigated and it is argued that this is an example of organized irresponsibility. Many Dutch foreign fighters who joined ISIS now wish to return to the Netherlands. The Dutch government is unwilling to facilitate their repatriation, despite pressure from Dutch institutions, and security experts arguing arguing that repatriation is the best long-term solution to the foreign fighter issue.
jihadism
foreign
fighters
Netherlands
government
organized
irresponsibility
Author
Heijboer, Frank
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
MA International Relations: Global Conflict in the Modern Era
Supervisors
Duijvesteijn, Isabelle
ECTS Credits
15
Language
en