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Risk of terror infiltration of migrants in Balkans (2)

Intelligence see no evidence of infiltration from North Africa

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(see related) (ANSA) - Rome, March 2 - Italy's intelligence services said in their annual report to parliament on Wednesday that there was a risk of Islamist terrorists infiltrating the flows of asylum seekers trying to enter Europe via the Balkans.
    It said that no evidence had been found of infiltration of migrants and refugees reaching Europe from North Africa, but added that there was a "more concrete" risk with the Balkans route. The report said the Balkans was the region of transit favoured by foreign fighters, with over 900 leaving from it to reach theatres of war, and an area "consolidated extremist situations".
   

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