The terrorist who blew himself up outside the Stade de France had fingerprints matching that of a man who arrived on European shores Oct. 3 alongside desperate migrants who had crossed over from Turkey, according to French and Greek officials.Just a reminder.
But the Syrian passport found near his body, which quickly sparked a political debate in Europe and the United States? It was a fake.
Fraudulent Syrian passports are nothing new on the migratory route from Turkey through Europe. Indeed, German officials this year estimated that nearly a third of asylum seekers falsely claimed they were Syrian.
That's because a Syrian passport has become a valuable item, as European nations have pledged to grant asylum to refugees from the Middle Eastern nation.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
There’s a booming black market for fake Syrian passports
The Washington Post reports: