Agence France-Presse
Sweden is considering drafting new legislation that would ban its nationals from fighting in armed conflicts for terrorist organizations such as ISIS, the government said Wednesday.
"It is completely unacceptable that Swedish citizens are travelling to [join] ISIS, financing the organization, or fighting for it," Justice Minister Morgan Johansson and Interior Minister Anders Ygeman wrote in a joint article in leading newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
The proposed ban would prohibit combat for terrorist organizations listed as such by the United Nations or European Union.
"We have a responsibility for what our citizens do both here at home and in other countries," they wrote.
"People who live here and who have chosen to join ISIS can constitute a serious threat upon their return. Criminalization is of course not the only way of preventing this but it is an important part of anti-terrorism measures," they said.
