Awareness counter terrorism campaign launched

A new campaign has been launched this week by the National Police Counter Terrorism Network to prevent young people travelling to Syria.

Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, Helen Ball said: "This advertising campaign is part of our sustained efforts to continue to raise awareness around this very serious issue.

"We care deeply about the well-being of women and girls throughout the world. We reject the degrading treatment of women by terrorist organisations and seek to prevent the tragedies caused by it.

"We are increasingly concerned about the numbers of young women who have travelled or are intending to travel to Syria. It is an extremely dangerous place and the reality of the lifestyle they are greeted with when they arrive is far from that promoted online by terrorist groups. The option of returning home is often taken away from them, leaving families at home devastated and with very few options to secure a safe return for their loved one.

"We want to increase families their confidence in the police and partners to encourage them to come forward at the earliest opportunity so that we can intervene and help."

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