German Islamists had received encouragement and even help if they showed a desire to leave the country

""This followed an investigative report on German public television revealing that some German Islamists had received encouragement and even help if they showed a desire to leave the country." "If somebody had become radicalized and wanted to leave the country, then we tried to either let him depart, or even sought to accelerate their departure using legal means," Schierghofer said." "The practice of encouraging jihadists to depart the country, would be tantamount to the export of terrorism," Mihalic said."" (thanks Amir)