Diaspora radicalisation has increasingly become a source of major concern for home and host countries, especially with technology facilitating easier communication with the global village. The popular perception used to be that expatriates were less vulnerable to radicalisation, but this paper argues that in reality the scenario is completely different. Using a desk-based literature review and interviews in Dhaka, and focusing on the Bangladeshi diaspora, the findings of the study show that members of the diaspora communities have increasingly been targeted, or indeed target other members, for radicalisation. Radical expatriates have not only recruited new members online and raised funds to support terrorism, they have also provided charismatic leadership, thereby directing extremist groups from the front.

侨民激进化日益成为母国和东道国主要关注的一个来源，尤其是在技术促进与地球村的交流变得更加容易的情况下。过去流行的看法是，外籍人士不太容易受到激进化的影响，但本文认为，实际上情况完全不同。使用达卡案头文献回顾和访谈，并以孟加拉国侨民为重点，研究结果表明，侨民社区的成员越来越多地成为激进化的目标，或者实际上是针对其他成员。激进的外籍人士不仅在网上招募新成员并筹集资金支持恐怖主义，他们还提供了有魅力的领导，从而从前线指挥极端主义团体。