British citizens in Syria are not someone else’s problem – but our government seeks to abandon them
3 years, 4 months ago

British citizens in Syria are not someone else’s problem – but our government seeks to abandon them

The Independent  

The family of Sara, a British mother held in a detention camp in northeast Syria, only found out by chance that her citizenship had been stripped, over a year after it had happened. They say the wording of the bill is designed to inflict “maximum harm and trauma” on the person, their children and their families, as it would also effectively cancel chances of appeal, given the deadline to lodge one could run out before the individual becomes aware they are no longer British. Reprieve published an investigation this year which found that more than 60 per cent of British women in detention in northeast Syria are victims of trafficking by Isis. I have spoken to many of the British women in camps in Syria face to face, I have interviewed local and foreign Isis sympathisers across the Middle East and north Africa, I have met the people who lived under the so-called caliphate or under the rule of other jihadi groups.

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The British extremists who could return to Britain after Assad regime falls: From Shamima Begum, Jihadi Jack to Isis fighters
3 months, 1 week ago

The British extremists who could return to Britain after Assad regime falls: From Shamima Begum, Jihadi Jack to Isis fighters

Daily Mail  

Dozens of infamous Brits who joined terror groups, including 'Jihadi Jack' and 'Isis bride' Shamima Begum, could escape from squalid camps and jails in Syria and return to the UK. Jihadi Jack is one of the Brits who went over to fight with Isis currently detained in a jail in Syria Also trapped in Syria is British-born 'Isis bride' Shamima …

IS bride stuck in Syrian refugee camp loses her appeal over the removal of her UK citizenship
1 year, 1 month ago

IS bride stuck in Syrian refugee camp loses her appeal over the removal of her UK citizenship

Associated Press  

LONDON — A woman who traveled to Syria as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her appeal Friday against the British government’s decision to revoke her U.K. citizenship, with judges saying that it wasn’t for them to rule on whether it was “harsh” to do so. All three judges dismissed her case and argued she had made …

UK woman who went to marry Islamic State militant appeals citizenship revocation
1 year, 5 months ago

UK woman who went to marry Islamic State militant appeals citizenship revocation

Hindustan Times  

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State on Tuesday mounted her latest appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, arguing Britain failed to properly consider whether she was a victim of trafficking. Shamima Begum The British government took away Shamima Begum's citizenship on national security grounds in 2019, shortly after she was …

The citizenship dilemma over Islamic State women returnees
2 years ago

The citizenship dilemma over Islamic State women returnees

The Hindu  

In 2015, 15-year-old Shamima Begum and two of her friends left East London to join the Islamic State, a Sunni jihadist group, in Syria. Map 3 Apart from recruiting fighters, IS’s promise of a utopian society attracted women, minors and sometimes even entire families. The role of women and children as people who were not foreign terrorist fighters but were …

Shamima Begum should be allowed to come back to UK, says terror watchdog
2 years ago

Shamima Begum should be allowed to come back to UK, says terror watchdog

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Compared to men, women are less likely to have travelled for the purpose of …

Who is 'ISIS bride' Shamima Begum, the British woman who lost citizenship appeal?
2 years, 1 month ago

Who is 'ISIS bride' Shamima Begum, the British woman who lost citizenship appeal?

Firstpost  

Shamima Begum, who made headlines as the “ISIS bride” after leaving London at age 15 to go to Syria, has lost her appeal against the decision to revoke her British citizenship. The 23-year-old had challenged then-Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds in 2019 at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, according to AFP. In …

Shamima Begum loses challenge over removal of British citizenship
2 years, 1 month ago

Shamima Begum loses challenge over removal of British citizenship

The Independent  

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Lawyer: Ex-Islamic State bride was child trafficking victim
2 years, 4 months ago

Lawyer: Ex-Islamic State bride was child trafficking victim

Associated Press  

LONDON — Lawyers for a British woman whose U.K. citizenship was removed after she travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group argued Monday that she should have been treated as a child trafficking victim. Begum’s lawyers launched a fresh legal challenge against the British government’s decision, arguing that officials had a legal duty to investigate whether she …

Australian women and children returning to Sydney from Syrian detention camp, where they were held after the fall of Islamic State
2 years, 4 months ago

Australian women and children returning to Sydney from Syrian detention camp, where they were held after the fall of Islamic State

ABC  

The first group of Australian women and children held in a detention camp in north-east Syria since the fall of the Islamic State group in 2019 is en route to Sydney. Key points: The women and children are the first of several groups expected to be removed from the Roj detention camp in coming months The Australian government, which worked …

We’ve been tortured because UK took away our citizenship, say Britons
3 years, 2 months ago

We’ve been tortured because UK took away our citizenship, say Britons

The Independent  

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Trapped and traumatised: Thousands of foreign children languish in Syrian camps with no hope of going home
3 years, 2 months ago

Trapped and traumatised: Thousands of foreign children languish in Syrian camps with no hope of going home

The Independent  

The sun rises and the boys at the al-Houri deradicalisation centre and orphanage in northeast Syria move listlessly through yet another day of chores, in what is effectively a prison. “It’s simple, countries need to take their children home.” In February 2021, Unicef estimated there were more than 22,000 foreign children of at least 60 nationalities languishing in camps and …

Abandoned in Syria: The British mother whose citizenship was stripped without warning
3 years, 3 months ago

Abandoned in Syria: The British mother whose citizenship was stripped without warning

The Independent  

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Shamima Begum says she ‘did not hate Britain’ when she fled to Syria
3 years, 4 months ago

Shamima Begum says she ‘did not hate Britain’ when she fled to Syria

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shamima Begum has said she “did not hate Britain” when …

Shamima Begum latest news: Isis bride asks for forgiveness in GMB interview
3 years, 6 months ago

Shamima Begum latest news: Isis bride asks for forgiveness in GMB interview

The Independent  

✕ Close Shamima Begum says she would ‘rather die’ than go back to Isis Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

Ex-jihadi bride asks UK for forgiveness, aims to return home
3 years, 6 months ago

Ex-jihadi bride asks UK for forgiveness, aims to return home

Associated Press  

LONDON — A British woman who ran away from home at age 15 to join the Islamic State group in Syria has asked for forgiveness and appealed to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to let her come home. “I know there are some people, no matter what I say or what I do, they will not believe that I have changed, …

Britain cannot remove Isis members’ citizenship without telling them, High Court rules
3 years, 7 months ago

Britain cannot remove Isis members’ citizenship without telling them, High Court rules

The Independent  

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Shamima Begum says she was a ‘dumb kid’ when she left to join Isis and asks to return to UK
3 years, 9 months ago

Shamima Begum says she was a ‘dumb kid’ when she left to join Isis and asks to return to UK

The Independent  

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Shamima Begum pleads with Britain for second chance from Syrian camp
3 years, 11 months ago

Shamima Begum pleads with Britain for second chance from Syrian camp

The Independent  

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UK top court says runaway schoolgirl who joined IS poses 'security risk', cannot return to Britain
4 years ago

UK top court says runaway schoolgirl who joined IS poses 'security risk', cannot return to Britain

Hindustan Times  

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State should not be allowed to return to Britain to challenge the government taking away her citizenship because she poses a security risk, the UK's Supreme Court ruled on Friday. Begum, 21, who is being held in a detention camp in Syria, was stripped her of her …

Shamima Begum: The story of the Isis bride fighting to regain British citizenship
4 years, 4 months ago

Shamima Begum: The story of the Isis bride fighting to regain British citizenship

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shamima Begum’s potential return to the UK to fight the …

Dozens of British children held in Syrian camps amid threat of Isis prison breaks, report says
4 years, 4 months ago

Dozens of British children held in Syrian camps amid threat of Isis prison breaks, report says

The Independent  

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Shamima Begum: Leaving Isis Britons in Syrian camps could be more dangerous than allowing them into UK, government warned
4 years, 8 months ago

Shamima Begum: Leaving Isis Britons in Syrian camps could be more dangerous than allowing them into UK, government warned

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lord Justice Flaux said she could only have a “fair and effective appeal” against …

More than 60 British children trapped in war-torn north Syria, reveals charity
5 years, 5 months ago

More than 60 British children trapped in war-torn north Syria, reveals charity

The Independent  

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Shamima Begum: Isis bride will not be allowed to return to UK from Syria, says home secretary
5 years, 5 months ago

Shamima Begum: Isis bride will not be allowed to return to UK from Syria, says home secretary

The Independent  

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ISIS women in refugee camps claim Jihadi brides are giving false names and hiding their identities
6 years, 1 month ago

ISIS women in refugee camps claim Jihadi brides are giving false names and hiding their identities

Daily Mail  

British women fleeing from Islamic State’s last pocket of land are giving false names and hiding their identities among hundreds of other foreign brides who flocked to join jihadis in Syria and Iraq. Three arrived on Thursday night at Al-Hol, the biggest camp under control of the Western-backed Syrian Defence Force, saying their names were ‘Safa’, ‘Zainab’ and ‘Safia’. Ian …

UK revokes ISIS jihadi bride’s citizenship
6 years, 1 month ago

UK revokes ISIS jihadi bride’s citizenship

The Hindu  

A UK girl of Bangladeshi descent, who fled to join Islamic State in Syria in 2015 and married an Islamist extremist, has been stripped of her British citizenship which the teen said was “unjust”. In a letter dated February 19, UK home secretary Sajid Javid wrote to Begum’s family informing them that he had made an order revoking her citizenship. …

Baby born in Syria to British woman who joined Isis taken into care after mother returned to UK
6 years, 1 month ago

Baby born in Syria to British woman who joined Isis taken into care after mother returned to UK

The Independent  

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Shamima Begum: Isis bride suggests she is being treated differently 'just because I was on the news four years ago'
6 years, 1 month ago

Shamima Begum: Isis bride suggests she is being treated differently 'just because I was on the news four years ago'

The Independent  

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UK to strip Islamic State teen bride Shamima Begum of citizenship; family now considering 'legal avenues' to allow her return
6 years, 1 month ago

UK to strip Islamic State teen bride Shamima Begum of citizenship; family now considering 'legal avenues' to allow her return

Firstpost  

The case points to a dilemma facing many European countries, divided over whether to allow jihadists and IS sympathisers home to face prosecution or barring them over security concerns as the so-called “caliphate” crumbles. London: Britain will strip citizenship from a UK teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria but now wants to return home with her newborn …

Shamima Begum, teenager who joined IS and had a child, reportedly stripped of UK citizenship
6 years, 1 month ago

Shamima Begum, teenager who joined IS and had a child, reportedly stripped of UK citizenship

ABC  

The UK Home Office has reportedly revoked the British citizenship of Shamima Begum, the teenager who ran away from her London home in 2015 to join Islamic State in Syria. Key points: UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid reportedly made the decision to strip Shamima Begum of her British citizenship Ms Begum ran away from home as a 15-year-old to marry …

Shamima Begum: Government 'makes Isis bride stateless' by stripping her British citizenship
6 years, 1 month ago

Shamima Begum: Government 'makes Isis bride stateless' by stripping her British citizenship

The Independent  

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UK set to strip teenage ‘ISIL bride’ Shamima Begum of citizenship
6 years, 1 month ago

UK set to strip teenage ‘ISIL bride’ Shamima Begum of citizenship

Al Jazeera  

Family of the 19-year-old runaway ‘considering all legal avenues’ following a Home Office notice, lawyer says. A lawyer for the family of runaway British teenager Shamima Begum, who left London to join ISIL in Syria but now wants to return home, says UK authorities plan to revoke her citizenship. Mohammed Tasnime Akunjee said in a Tweet on Tuesday that the …

Shamima Begum: Runaway Isis bride says she wants to keep her baby if she returns to Britain
6 years, 1 month ago

Shamima Begum: Runaway Isis bride says she wants to keep her baby if she returns to Britain

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We welcome an investigation in what she did while she was there under the …

Shamima Begum: Government turns back on pregnant teenager as another Isis bride’s father pleads for return to UK
6 years, 1 month ago

Shamima Begum: Government turns back on pregnant teenager as another Isis bride’s father pleads for return to UK

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ben Wallace, the security minister, said he would “not put British lives at risk” …

Shamima Begum: British Isis member who fled to Syria 'has right to return to UK', security minister says
6 years, 1 month ago

Shamima Begum: British Isis member who fled to Syria 'has right to return to UK', security minister says

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A British woman who joined Isis in Syria “has the …

If we turn our backs on lone Syrian child refugees, British values are truly dead
8 years ago

If we turn our backs on lone Syrian child refugees, British values are truly dead

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Government did little to challenge …

Mother, 21, accused of terrorism, says IS actions in Syria were 'terrible'
8 years, 2 months ago

Mother, 21, accused of terrorism, says IS actions in Syria were 'terrible'

Dutch News  

A 21-year-old Dutch mother who claims to have escaped from IS-held territory in Syria told a court in Rotterdam on Thursday she left because she thought what was happening there is ‘terrible’. Laura Hansen, from Zoetermeer, told the court that she never intended to join up with IS and had never been a part of the organisation, local broadcaster Omroep …

Mother, 21, accused of terrorism, says IS actions in Syria were 'terrible'
8 years, 2 months ago

Mother, 21, accused of terrorism, says IS actions in Syria were 'terrible'

Dutch News  

A 21-year-old Dutch mother who claims to have escaped from IS-held territory in Syria told a court in Rotterdam on Thursday she left because she thought what was happening there is ‘terrible’. Laura Hansen, from Zoetermeer, told the court that she never intended to join up with IS and had never been a part of the organisation, local broadcaster Omroep …

Peer who came to Britain as a refugee says Government is dragging its feet on helping Syrian children
8 years, 6 months ago

Peer who came to Britain as a refugee says Government is dragging its feet on helping Syrian children

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government has been accused of “dragging its feet” on a …

British schoolgirls 'will never leave Syria', senior female Isis commander claims as teenagers reportedly make contact with families
9 years, 9 months ago

British schoolgirls 'will never leave Syria', senior female Isis commander claims as teenagers reportedly make contact with families

The Independent  

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Why are British women leaving the UK to join Isis in Iraq and Syria?
10 years, 6 months ago

Why are British women leaving the UK to join Isis in Iraq and Syria?

The Independent  

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British twins who traveled to Syria to become Jihadi brides were top students
10 years, 8 months ago

British twins who traveled to Syria to become Jihadi brides were top students

Daily Mail  

Girls telephoned family from Syria and said: 'We're not coming back' Last night their 44-year-old mother from Manchester said: 'I'm so shocked' It is thought they may have joined one of their elder brothers in fight Aged 16, they boarded a flight to Turkey and crossed the border into Syria Salma and Zahra Halane were among top 20 students at …

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