Two in every 100 Syrian migrants that are smuggled into Europe are Islamic State-trained fanatics, David Cameron was warned yesterday.
Education minister Elias Bou Saab suggested that as many as 2 per cent – one in 50 – of the refugees could be “radicals”, which he said would be “more than enough” to cause problems.
If the warning is true, it could potentially mean up to 400 of the 20,000 refugees Britain has promised to accept by 2020 have been radicalised.
Asked if Islamic State was sending its members into Europe under cover, the minister said: ‘My gut feeling is yes they are facilitating such an operation.
‘Yes of course to go to Europe and other places. You may have let’s say two per cent [of refugees] that could be radicals.’
He said most travelled over land through Turkey to Greece.
Mr Bousaab added: ‘I would say anyone who works together to combat Isis this is the solution because Isis is growing and mushrooming.
‘It’s becoming a danger because they are recruiting kids from schools, they are recruiting everywhere.
‘It’s a very dangerous situation and the world should wake up and do something about that.
