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Shamima Begum failed in a last-ditch legal bid to have her British citizenship restored. On Wednesday, the Special Immigration ...

SUE REID: An immigration judge rejected Shamima Begums appeal against former home secretary Sajid Javids 2019 decision to revoke her British citizenship.

Begum is seeking to reverse the 2019 decision to strip her of British citizenship

A Home Office lawyer has told an immigration tribunal hearing and appeal by Shamima Begum that just because ...

Former MI6 chief gives evidence at citizenship appeal for 23-year-old who fled London to join Islamic State as a schoolgirl

‘IS bride’ Shamima Begum is now stateless and would face death penalty if sent to Bangladesh, her lawyer told the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) in UK.

Shamima Begum, who was stripped off her UK citizenship in 2019 after she travelled to Islamic State-controlled Syria when she was 15, would face death penalty if sent back to Bangladesh, a court heard. Her lawyers said that the decision was taken without considering that she might have been trafficked into Syria.  They further said that the then home secretary, Sajid Javid, did not take into account the “serious practical consequences” of removing her UK citizenship in 2019. 

Government says impact of use of controversial powers on Muslim communities justified by 'Islamist terrorism' threat

Decision to remove UK citizenship from woman who went to Syria when schoolgirl is being challenged.

Shamima Begum would be hanged if she were to return to Bangladesh and is now effectively stateless, her lawyers have said.