Posted on 04/01/2015 6:37:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Parents and teachers are not telling police about children who may try to join the Islamic State (IS) militant group for fear of criminalising them, a former senior prosecutor has said.
Nazir Afzal said headteachers were "struggling" to offer advice to parents who did not know where to get help. Two London heads had told him they were "scared" some pupils could flee during the Easter holidays, Mr Afzal said.
More than 500 Britons are believed to have joined IS in Syria and Iraq.
The concerns were "very, very real", Mr Afzal said, adding that teenagers were being lured by IS propaganda.
"You have got a situation where the boys want to be like them [the militants] and the girls want to be with them." He called for an "army of young people and children" to be given training and talk to pupils.
Mr Afzal said "we must do more" to stop children becoming radicalised, comparing the process of radicalisation to sexual grooming.
"In extremist grooming, which is what we are dealing with here, they manipulate them by telling them there is a better place and a better life than what you have at the moment.
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Parents and teachers are not telling police
Deport all family members.
...yeah those “normal” muzzies
We wouldn’t want to unfairly stigmatize
BRUTAL CHILD RAPING TOTALITARIAN HEAD CHOPPERS
They were such nice boys, and were working on their first rap album....
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