Shamima Begum, a London teenager who joined ISIS, should be able to return to the UK, courts say


Begum, now 20, on February 19, 2019, was stripped of his British citizenship by then-Interior Minister Sajid Javid after they found her in a refugee camp in northern Syria.

She questioned that decision, but on June 13, 2019, the government rejected her request for permission to enter the UK to file her appeal.

Shamima Begum will be stripped of British nationality and will not be allowed to enter Bangladesh, says government

The Court of Appeal and a High Court Division Court ruled Thursday that Begum should be able to return to the United Kingdom to file his appeal with the Special Commission on Immigration Appeals (SIAC), “although subject to controls by the Secretary of State. consider appropriate. “

He is currently in a detention camp run by the Syrian Democratic Forces.

While in Syria, Begum married an ISIS fighter and had three children, all of whom died.

SIAC found in its decision that Begum also has Bangladeshi citizenship by descent. The court has not answered the question about whether she can be stripped of her British citizenship.

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