Boys under 15 are ‘most at risk of radicalisation and turning to terrorism’
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Increased isolation of lockdown believed to be why age group has recorded highest number of referrals by Prevent counter-terror programme.
By Charles Hymas, Home Affairs Editor
Schoolchildren aged under 15 accounted for the highest proportion of people deemed by the Government’s Prevent counter-terrorism programme to be most at risk of radicalisation, figures have revealed.
Under-15s, predominantly boys, formed the largest of any age group to be referred on by Prevent to so-called Channel programmes, designed for those judged to be most at risk of radicalisation and turning to terrorism.
They contributed to a 30 per cent rise – to 6,406 – in the number of people referred to Prevent in the year to March 2022. Experts suggested the rise was fuelled by the Covid lockdowns, when more children could have been exposed to extremism as they went online whilst away from school and potentially isolated from friends.
The Home Office figures showed under-15s made up 1,829 –or 29 per cent – of t...
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