How States Manage Foreign Terrorist Fighters & Their Families: A George Washington University and NCITE Virtual Panel
Join George Washington University (GWU) and NCITE on Thursday for a panel reviewing how former foreign terrorist fighters have been repatriated and reintegrated into their home countries.
- published: 2022/05/31
- contact: Erin Grace
- email: egrace@unomaha.edu
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About this Event
Across the world, countries have handled the question and practice of repatriation and reintegration of former foreign terrorist fighters differently. In recent years, tens of thousands of foreign nationals and their families left extremist organizations and have been held in detention camps in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, as governments determine the best approaches to repatriate their citizens. The review of globally and locally-tailored methods, mechanisms, and program evaluation guidelines of repatriation and reintegration is critical to effective global cooperation on the issue of former foreign fighters.On Thursday, June 2 at 9am CT, the Program on Extremism at George Washington University and the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) will host an online discussion as part of our grant with the Department of Homeland Security - Science and Technology Directorate on the current landscape of repatriation and reintegration with a focus on foreign terrorist fighter families in a practice-forward approach.
The panel will be moderated by Program Senior Research Fellow Haroro Ingram.
Panelists are:
Siobhan Simojoki, acting Deputy Chief of the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Iraq and Head of the Peacebuilding and Stabilization Division
Julie Coleman, senior research fellow leading the Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Program at the International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) - The Hague
Gina A. Vale, senior research fellow the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) and an Associate Fellow at M&C Saatchi World Services.