Shamima Begum, a British-born woman who left the country as a teenager to join the Islamic State terrorist group, lost her appeal Wednesday against the decision to remove her citizenship on national security grounds.
LONDON — Begum left her East London home in 2015 when she was a 15-year-old high school student. She traveled to Syria with two friends, passing through Turkey before crossing into Syria. After she was found living in a refugee camp in northern Syria in 2019, the British government revoked her citizenship. Begum, who is now 23, wants to return to the United Kingdom.
Her case has sparked a debate about whether Britain should take her back, with some arguing that she poses a threat to national security and others saying she is a victim who was groomed and lured by Islamic State recruiters when she was a child. It’s also thrown a spotlight more broadly on how countries should handle people who joined the Islamic State but now want to return to their home.
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