Turkey deports 12 Islamic State-linked fighters to Finland
The move comes after European governments have largely declined to take back detained citizens with links to the terror group.
Turkey has repatriated 12 Finnish Islamic State detainees, the Interior Ministry has revealed, part of an ongoing process of transferring jihadi captives back to their countries of origin.
“Extradition of foreign terrorist fighters continues. In this context, 12 Finnish nationals were flown back to their countries,” the ministry said in a May 31 tweet.