The UK is not alone in having to decide what to do with its citizens stuck in Syrian camps and Iraqi prisons. Thousands of European nationals travelled to the Middle East to take part in the conflict that has torn the region apart. How is the rest of Europe coping with the problem? Are they bringing foreign fighters back? And what do they do with them if they do return?

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Guests: 

Arthur Snell, former head of the Foreign Office counter radicalisation programme  

Thomas Schmidinger, University of Vienna Political Scientist and Cultural Anthropologist

Peter Conradi, The Sunday Times Europe editor. 

Dr Neda Richards, counterterrorism psychologist. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

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