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Shamima Begum left ‘angry, upset and crying’ after court blocks return to UK

"The right to a fair trial protects all of us. Stripping someone’s citizenship without due process sets a dangerous precedent," said Liberty

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-02-27 10:30
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Shamima Begum cannot return to the UK to pursue an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, the Supreme Court ruled, yesterday.

Ms Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in February 2015.

Her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019.

Ms Begum, now 21, is challenging the Home Office’s decision to remove her British citizenship and wants to be allowed to return to the UK to pursue her appeal.

In July last year, the Court of Appeal ruled that “the only way in which she can have a fair and effective appeal is to be permitted to come into the United Kingdom to pursue her appeal”.

The Home Office challenged that decision at the Supreme Court in November, arguing that allowing her to return to the UK “would create significant national security risks” and expose the public to “an increased risk of terrorism”.

On Friday, the UK’s highest court ruled that Ms Begum should not be granted leave to enter the UK to pursue her appeal against the deprivation of her British citizenship.

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Crying

Begum has not spoken to journalists since yesterday’s verdict.

However friends say the decision to block her return to the UK has left her devastated.

They told Sky News : “She’s very angry. And she’s very upset and crying. She doesn’t want to talk to us.”

Yesterday she was seen walking through the al-Roj detention camp where she has been living in northern Syria following the collapse of ISIS and was recorded by an ITV News crew.

Ms Patel’s predecessor Sajid Javid, who took the decision to revoke Ms Begum’s citizenship, said: “I strongly welcome the Supreme Court’s ruling on Shamima Begum.

“The Home Secretary is responsible for the security of our citizens and borders, and therefore should have the power to decide whether anyone posing a serious threat to that security can enter our country.

“There are no simple solutions to this situation, but any restrictions of rights and freedoms faced by this individual are a direct consequence of the extreme actions that she and others have taken, in violation of Government guidance and common morality.”

What next?

This judgment doesn’t actually deal with the status of her citizenship, Begum will still, in theory, be allowed to continue with her appeal but will have to do so from abroad. 

Reactions

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Angry people: 16 year olds are too young to vote. They don't have the maturity.

Also

Angry people: Shamima Begum knew exactly what she was doing when she was groomed by Islamic extremists and lured out to Syria.

— Otto English (@Otto_English) February 26, 2021

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Of course Shamima Begum should be allowed back into the UK. She was a groomed child whose government left her stateless and allowed her baby, a British citizen, to die. If human rights only apply to people you like or approve of then they mean nothing.

— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) February 26, 2021

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I’m appalled and outraged by the decision to strip Shamima Begum of her citizenship and the decision to deny her right to appeal. She is British. She was groomed, manipulated, abused, and radicalised here.

Since when did we abandon our citizens like this?https://t.co/cdRdSb1KZ0

— Mandu Reid (@ManduReid) February 26, 2021

4.

As a British citizen,I think you should be concerned at the magnitude of systemic failures that allow a 15 year old girl to not only end up radicalised, but able to travel to a high risk country and join ISIS. Stripping Shamima Begum of citizenship does not address those failings

— * (@Uwnayna) February 26, 2021

5.

BREAKING
Supreme Court has overturned previous ruling over Shamima Begum’s right to return to the UK to participate in her case.

The right to a fair trial protects all of us. Stripping someone’s citizenship without due process sets a dangerous precedent.

— Liberty (@libertyhq) February 26, 2021

Related: Shamima Begum cannot return to the UK to pursue appeal, Supreme Court rules

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