This happens in a new report to the British Parliament, Berlingske writes.
The question of whether children can pose a terrorist threat has become topical in connection with the discussion about whether the government should take home 19 Danish children.
The children are in their third year in two Kurdish-controlled prison camps in northeastern Syria.
In the British report, Jonathan Hall writes that the question of whether national security is endangered by returned children is not unambiguous, but that it cannot be “ruled out that a child may be involved in violence as a result of his experiences in abroad “.
The British Home Office further states that it is “likely that the children have been influenced by extremist ideology and have undergone military training”.
In Denmark, however, the Center for Terror Analysis (CTA) under PET reports that children returning from conflict zones do not pose a current terrorist threat.
This is due to “the children’s current low age”, writes CTA in a report published on Wednesday according to Berlingske.
However, the CTA assesses, “that older children entering Denmark from the conflict zone or from camps may pose a terrorist threat due to indoctrination or other influence in the conflict zone”.
The Danish de-radicalization expert Kasper Fisker also points out that it “does not make sense” to talk about radicalization of young children.
He warns that the British analyzes come with “simplified” and “dangerous” conclusions.
– It only makes sense to talk about radicalization of children when they reach the age of 13-14, says Kasper Fisker to Berlingske and continues:
– Young children can respond well to something that is expected of them: For example, by being programmed to shout that “God is great”. But we are not talking about radicalization. It’s something you learn to survive.
The majority of Danish children in the conflict area are under ten years of age.
Source: The Nordic Page