[Update] The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub
Published 29 January 2025
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The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Knowledge Hub, an open-access online resource developed by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), has just been updated to incorporate recent developments surrounding states’ responses to foreign terrorist fighters. In doing so, the FTF Knowledge Hub continues to be an essential resource on FTFs and states’ responses to them, uniquely combining quantitative and qualitative data.
Data points were updated to reflect new developments for eight states, including Belgium, Canada, France, Indonesia, Morocco, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom. In addition, new readings have been added to the bottom of the country pages under “Additional resources” as well as in the Library, covering topics such as the motivations, support networks, and factors driving foreign fighter mobilization, Indonesia's diplomatic efforts for repatriating ex-foreign terrorist fighters, Turkish female fighters' experiences shaped by family and life conditions, and the impact of group marginalization on Islamic State recruitment.
About the FTF Knowledge Hub
The FTF Knowledge Hub is an open-access database concerning states’ responses to so-called ‘foreign terrorist fighters’, or as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014): ‘individuals who travel to a State other than their States of residence or nationality for the purpose of the perpetration, planning, or preparation of, or participation in, terrorist acts or the providing or receiving of terrorist training, including in connection with armed conflict’. The FTF Knowledge Hub contains country-specific information on 32 different states, including FTF-related data, administrative and criminal measures, as well as rehabilitation and prevention policies, and is aimed at policy makers, practitioners, academics, journalists and students. The website provides comprehensive and detailed information specifically about FTFs who have travelled to Syria or Iraq.
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We welcome the contribution of country-specific information, relevant research or data regarding the states included in the FTF Knowledge Hub. To submit information, please fill in our questionnaire, or send it to input@foreignterroristfighters.info.
For any other questions, suggestions or feedback, please reach out to input@foreignterroristfighters.info. We review the submitted information on a regular basis.
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