British jihadists who have taken part in fighting in Syria and Iraq, could be offered support with finding jobs, counselling and housing, as part of the UK Government’s counter-extremism approach.
According to unpublished Home Office documents, up to 20,000 possible adherents to Jihadist ideology and those investigated by MI5, will be targeted with incentives, to discourage them from joining organisations and taking part in acts of mass murder, rape and ethnic genocide.
In what is dubbed Operation Constrain, the documents, which were seen by The Mail on Sunday, Jihadists would see their applications for council housing fast tracked to the top of waiting lists and given priority over working people, veterans, the homeless, young families and Britain's poor.
According to The Telegraph, extremists who had nowhere suitable to live could be put in social housing by local councils and could have their rent paid if necessary.They could also be helped into education and work based training, or given a job with either public bodies or charities.
There is a lack of clarity as to how this would work in practice, as most council estates in the UK, have diverse communities and local schools. It's also unclear how the Home Office will provide Jihadists with employment, as working with the public requires a criminal background check and could potentially give Jihadists access to people's personal information.
An estimated 850 British Muslims have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight with groups such as ISIS, and over 400 have returned. A number of deradicalisation experts have claimed the most effective way of tackling radical versions of Islam is to undercut their message, with what many are describing as bribes.
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