Report to the Home Secretary of Independent Oversight of Prevent Review and Strategy

Terrorism Radicalization

The context of Prevent is accurately described. There is a range of terrorist threats, the most serious being from Al Qa’ida. It is rightly stated that some, but by no means all, of those who have been radicalized in the UK had previously participated in extremist organizations. . The available evidence, which is considerable, shows that it remains true that many radicalize young people become extremists with violent aims after spending time in terrorism training camps, especially in Pakistan.