Amnesty International warns over draconian anti-terror laws in Europe

Draconian new rules going through the French and Belgian parliaments should not last past the current emergency, Amnesty international has warned as EU ministers prepare to agree checks on all EU citizens travelling inside and outside the union.

Justice ministers, including Frances Fitzgerald, will meet today in Brussels and are expected to agree a raft of security measures following the revelation that at least 2,000 European citizens have fought with Islamic State in Syria or Iraq.

Belgium is considering tagging all terror suspects including people who have been in Syria and may have become radicalised among a host of other harsh new measures amid accusations that the country’s lack of security led to the Paris attacks.