Paper: Iraqi asylum seekers offer to help police find terror threats
The newspaper Savon Sanomat reports that Iraqi asylum seekers have pledged to inform police if they suspect terrorist activity among fellow asylum seekers.
In the wake of last week’s attacks in Paris, the Kuopio-based daily newspaper Savon Sanomat spoke with Iraqi asylum seekers who pledged they would report any terrorism or Islamic State-related activities among fellow asylum seekers.
One asylum seeker told the paper that his decision to come forward was an expression of trust in the Finnish police and said he would cooperate for the safety of the people of Finland.
The threat of terrorist cells is a growing worry among many asylum seekers, the paper wrote, even more so after last week’s attacks and the recent revelations of an Islamist terror network investigation in Italy.