2 in every 100 Syrian refugees are IS fighters, PM is warned

TWO in every 100 Syrian migrants smuggled into Europe are Islamic State-trained fanatics, David Cameron was warned yesterday.

Lebanese education minister Elias Bousaab, who met the Prime Minister during his lightning visit to the region, said the extremist group is sending trained jihadists ‘under cover’ to attack targets in the West.

If true, it could mean up to 00 of the 20,000 refugees Britain has promised to accept by 2020 have been radicalised.

Mr Bousaab said the extremists choose targets, including children, in refugee camps and schools before trafficking them into Europe via Turkey and Greece. He added that Isis is posing a worsening threat by ‘growing and mushrooming’.

The minister said: ‘It’s a very dangerous situation and the world should wake up and do something about that. Isis will not stop at the border with Lebanon. Before you know it, Isis will be in Europe.’

He said that his experience of dealing with refugees showed him they were not ‘organised’ enough to carry out the crossing to Europe without help. Mr Bousaab’s warning came as Mr Cameron visited refugee camps to see how Britain’s £1billion aid spending is used.

On his first visit to Lebanon, the Prime Minister said that without aid, hundreds of thousands more migrants could attempt the perilous crossing into Europe.

He urged other nations to ‘step up to the plate’ and give more as Britain has given ten times as much as some. The comments come after EU leaders criticised the UK for not doing enough.

Mr Cameron also went to a camp in Jordan on his 2 -hour trip. ‘I wanted to come here to see for myself and hear stories of refugees,’ he said.