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Stateless: what does Shamima Begum’s case mean for ethnic British citizens

Shamima Begum is one of the three girls from Bethnal Green who was taken out of Britain by a Canadian Spy to join the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in 2015. Begum made headlines when she was discovered in the al-Hawl camp in Syria having left IS territory. She was pleading to return to Britain, so […]

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Shamima Begum is a British Woman

The decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) to dismiss Shamima Begum’s appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, is, frankly, an appalling one.  In 2019, the then Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, deeming her a security risk, stripped Shamima Begum of her citizenship. Left stateless as a result, she has been living in […]

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Shamima Begum is not innocent, but she is still British

There is no question that Shamima Begum is not an innocent bystander. Despite her claims that she was “just a housewife”, she shows no remorse for her decision to join Islamic State, even where specific atrocities are highlighted. In interviews last year, she managed to justify the Manchester Arena bombing as a retaliation against coalition […]