A thousand Tunisians have returned home from conflict zones, namely Syria, Iraq and Libya, between 2011 and October 2018. Noting that many of the terrorists return in the country illegally, he said returnees are brought to justice and imprisoned if they are involved in terrorist operations. Nasr also noted that 3,000 Tunisians had left the country to join the conflict zones, a number, which branded the country as “the largest terrorist exporter”. The Tunisian Constitution states that all Tunisians have the right to live in their country, the magistrate added. In this connection, Malek Kochlef, Permanent Secretary of the National Counterterrorism Commission said since 2017 the commission has begun implementing programs to rehabilitate children born in conflict zones and who must return in Tunisia.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 19, 2019 14:15 UTC