Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Dutch senate backs law to strip Islamist fighters of passport The law allows the government to take away the citizenship of fighters who left to join ISIL.

The Dutch senate on Tuesday approved a law that allows the government to strip people who are considered a threat to national security of their Dutch citizenship, local media reported.

It allows the justice minister to take away the citizenship of Islamist fighters who left to join ISIL and prevent them from returning to Europe legally. The measure can only be imposed on people with dual citizenship.

The plans received backing from the lower house of the Dutch parliament in May last year.

The measure is part of a package of anti-terror measures aimed at stepping up the fight against terror suspects and jihadis returning from the likes of Syria and Iraq.