Nine foreigners suspected of activities related to terrorism have been declared undesirable and expelled from Romania this year following decisions of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, at the proposal of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI).

Moreover, 246 other people were not allowed to enter Romania for the same reasons, according to SRI spokesman Ovidiu Marincea, cited by local Agerpres.

The foreigners targeted by these actions of the local authorities mainly came from Iraq, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, and Syria, and some 70% of them were connected or have had activities in support of Daesh (ISIS).

“The main reasons that led to the initiation and implementation of preventive measures were given by: the person’s radical or terrorist background, connections with terrorist entities, steps taken to set up groups of foreigner supporters of jihadist entities, especially Daesh; (auto)radicalization and propaganda (including online) in favor of terrorist entities (mostly Daesh); attempting to transit Romania to join Daesh in Syria,” Marincea said.

The number of people who are not allowed to enter Romania is on the rise, mainly due to the preventive activities carried out by the SRI and the partner services.

According to Marincea, the national terrorist alert is at a blue level (cautious) in Romania.

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Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: sri-serviciul roman de informatii on facebook)