A regional court [judicial website] in Hungary decided [AP report] on Thursday to deport two British citizens back to the UK pursuant to an arrest warrant for the men’s unauthorized departure. Simon Keeler and Trevor Brooks, also known as Abu Izzadeen, were both convicted of charges relating to terrorist funding and were prohibited from leaving the country. The men were detained by police while on a train traveling from eastern Hungary to Bucharest. Keeler expressed his intention to join his wife and children in Turkey, however, a spokesperson questioned [Daily Mail report] whether the actual intended destination of the men was Syria.

Monitoring and controlling the movement of people within the Europe Union has become increasingly difficult due to the current migrant crisis as millions seek asylum from conflict nations. In September the Hungarian National Assembly passed a number of emergency measures [JURIST report] to address the recent mass migration into Europe. Also in September, Germany announced that it was invoking temporary border controls [JURIST report] at the nation’s southern border with Austria, after thousands of immigrants entered the country. In August UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged [JURIST report] the global community to develop comprehensive solutions to allow for safe and legal migration after 70 bodies, believed to be Syrian asylum seekers, were discovered in a truck near the Austria-Hungary border.