Terrorists are unlikely to be
infiltrating migrant flows but migrants' often harsh living
conditions after arrival make them an "easy prey" for
radicalisation, the head of the interior ministry's anti-terror
committee said Thursday.
"We can't ignore the possibility that there may be
infiltrations in the masses of migrants, but as an expert I
think it is unlikely that someone who has been trained for
martyrdom is sent off into the unknown," said Lamberto Giannini,
the chair of the ministry's strategic anti-terrorism analysis
committee (CASA).
"If there is a plan, and there is money behind it, they (the
terrorists) can arrive in other ways".
Giannini said the "real challenge is after the migrants
arrive" because "we can't ignore the fact that those who arrive
are very easy prey because of the discomfort they are living
in".
"They may retrace their steps and dedicate themselves to
solitary actions," Giannini said.
But he stressed that "the equation between terrorism and
migration is wrong and it plays into the hands of the terrorists
because it continues to insinuate that fear that is the goal of
(ISIS)".
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