French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and his Belgian counterpart Joelle Milquet (not pictured) attend a news conference at the Interior Ministry in Paris, June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - France plans to ban individuals linked to radical Islamist groups from leaving the country in a bid to prevent attacks by militants returning from the Middle East, according to a draft bill set to be unveiled on Wednesday.
France has seen a sharp rise this year in citizens going to join Islamic militants in Syria and now Iraq.
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