‘Extremist’ children under 10 referred to UK de-radicalization programs daily

‘Efforts to stem Islamic and far-right extremism in the UK have led to children under the age of 10 being referred to government de-radicalization programs on an almost daily basis, new figures show.
A total of 4,611 people, around half of them children and teens, have been flagged up for possible intervention in the past year to stop them falling under the influence of extremist ideologies.
The figures have jumped 75 percent since last year, when local authorities – including schools and councils – were given a statutory duty to stop people being drawn into terrorism, known as the Prevent strategy.’
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