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This Article is From Feb 23, 2015

Six French Have Passports Confiscated for Planning Syria Trip: Security Source

Six French Have Passports Confiscated for Planning Syria Trip: Security Source
Representational Image (File Photo): Airport security at the Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Paris
Paris, France:

Six French citizens have had their passports confiscated after allegedly planning to travel to Syria, a security source said on Monday -- the first time the measure has been used.

The source said the six were "imminently" about to travel to Syria. The right to remove passports was introduced as part of a raft of new counter-terrorism laws in November.
 

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