<p>One week after the Paris attacks, Gilles de Kerchove, the EU’s Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, gave an interview to FRANCE 24’s Eve Irvine. He is not convinced that terrorists are infiltrating Europe through the refugee and migrant route.</p><br />"I don’t believe Daesh (the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group) really needs to sneak in and use the migration flow to send fighters to Europe. First, they can tap on a huge reservoir of Europeans who are already radicalized and inspire them; they may [also] send back Europeans who went [abroad] for jihad and some of them may not have been detected by police", Gilles de Kerchove told FRANCE 24.<br />"I would say, cynically speaking, Daesh may try to send someone through the migration flow just to instil doubts that among the refugees there might be a lot of terrorists -- which is not the case. We have to be extremely cautious [not] to mix up the two because it’s pretty toxic", he added.<br />The EU's top counter-terrorism official also explained in detail some of the measures demanded by France at Friday’s meeting of EU interior and justice ministers: the adoption of the air Passenger Name Record (PNR) and tougher passport checks for Europeans who leave or enter the Schengen zone.<br />Programme presented by Eve Irvine<br />Produced by Isabelle Romero and Jean-Christophe Felt <br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en
