MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The announcement comes a year after the French government launched an online service for families, suspecting their relatives of intention to join radical groups in Syria and Iraq.
"A structure will be created by the end of the year to take charge, on a voluntary basis, of young people returning from conflict zones who are not, of course, being prosecuted," Valls said at an international meeting of anti-terror magistrates in Paris.
Owing to initiatives aimed at preventing young Frenchmen from joining jihadists, about 1,900 cases have been registered, of which a quarter are for minors and over 40 percent for young girls, Valls stated.
"Within the framework of the action plan to combat radicalization, 2,500 officials from various departments across the territory have already been trained," Valls stressed.
