Just 1 in 10 British Jihadis Returning From Syria Have Been Prosecuted

Terrorists from the al-Qaida group in the Levant, Al-Nusra Front, stand among destroyed buildings near the front line with Syrian government soldiers in Yarmuk, Palestinian refugee camp, south of Damascus on Sept. 22, 2014. Rami Al-Sayed/AFP/Getty Images

LONDON—Just 1 in 10 British jihadis have been prosecuted upon their return to the United Kingdom, UK Minister of State for Security Ben Wallace said on June 11.

An estimated 850 people are thought to have traveled from Britain to join the ISIS terrorist group in Syria, with around 400 returning. And out of the 400 jihadis returning to the UK, Wallace said, only 40 have been prosecuted for the “direct action they have carried out in Syria.” The 400 returnees include men, women, and children.