Two suspected jihad fighters arrived
in Italy by sea earlier this year and were immediately arrested
and deported, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said Friday.
"The fight against irregular immigration is one thing and the
fight against terrorism is another: arriving by sea allows us to
intercept more effectively, as has been the case, all the
characters who show up on that route," he told Rai radio.
"This year, in at least two cases, we have intercepted
characters who were not trustworthy, for whom we found traces of
contiguity with Islamic radicalisation organisations in the
countries of origin: they were arrested and repatriated.
"We do this because we are organised in the hotspots of first
entry through a cross-referencing of databases".
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