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| Parents will be given the power to cancel their children's passports if they fear they are planning on travelling to Iraq and Syria to join Isis, David Cameron has announced. | Parents will be given the power to cancel their children's passports if they fear they are planning on travelling to Iraq and Syria to join Isis, David Cameron has announced. |
| The Prime Minister unveiled the new law in a set-piece speech in Birmingham where he laid out the government's five-year strategy to fight Islamic extremism in the UK. | The Prime Minister unveiled the new law in a set-piece speech in Birmingham where he laid out the government's five-year strategy to fight Islamic extremism in the UK. |
| A new scheme will be opened for parents to apply for their children's passports to be made invalid, which is believed will be introduced immediately to combat the growing number of youngsters fleeing the UK to join Isis. | |
| Mr Cameron said it would help Muslim parents "living in fear" that their children may be the next to be won over by the Islamist ideology. The new law would only apply to children under the age of 16. | Mr Cameron said it would help Muslim parents "living in fear" that their children may be the next to be won over by the Islamist ideology. The new law would only apply to children under the age of 16. |
| It was among a range of new measures the government will implement to prevent young people from being radicalised in what Mr Cameron described as a "significant shift in government approach" to tackling extremism. | It was among a range of new measures the government will implement to prevent young people from being radicalised in what Mr Cameron described as a "significant shift in government approach" to tackling extremism. |
| The government will also create legislation that will put non-violent extremists who radicalise young people "out of action," which Mr Cameron said had led up to 700 young Britons joining Isis in Syria or Iraq. | The government will also create legislation that will put non-violent extremists who radicalise young people "out of action," which Mr Cameron said had led up to 700 young Britons joining Isis in Syria or Iraq. |
| Mr Cameron said the responsibility to "de-glamourise" groups like Isis lay with a combination of the authorities, community and religious leaders, schools and families, and British society must work together to "de-glamourise" groups like Isis by making youngsters aware of the brutual reality of life in the parts of Iraq and Syria under Isis control. | Mr Cameron said the responsibility to "de-glamourise" groups like Isis lay with a combination of the authorities, community and religious leaders, schools and families, and British society must work together to "de-glamourise" groups like Isis by making youngsters aware of the brutual reality of life in the parts of Iraq and Syria under Isis control. |
| In a chilling message to anyone tempted by joining Isis, Mr Cameron said: "You won't be some valued member of a movement. You are cannon fodder for them. They will use you. If you are a boy, they will brainwash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up. | In a chilling message to anyone tempted by joining Isis, Mr Cameron said: "You won't be some valued member of a movement. You are cannon fodder for them. They will use you. If you are a boy, they will brainwash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up. |
| "If you are a girl, they will enslave and abuse you. that is the sick and brutal reality of Isil." | "If you are a girl, they will enslave and abuse you. that is the sick and brutal reality of Isil." |
| Announcing his plans to crack down on youngsters fleeing to Iraq and Syria, Mr Cameron said: “I know how worried some people are that their children might turn to this ideology – and even seek to travel to Syria or Iraq. | Announcing his plans to crack down on youngsters fleeing to Iraq and Syria, Mr Cameron said: “I know how worried some people are that their children might turn to this ideology – and even seek to travel to Syria or Iraq. |
| “So I can announce today we are going to introduce a new scheme to enable parents to apply directly to get their child's passport cancelled to prevent travel.” | “So I can announce today we are going to introduce a new scheme to enable parents to apply directly to get their child's passport cancelled to prevent travel.” |