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Why Shamima Begum should not have been allowed to return

17 July 2020

5:36 AM

17 July 2020

5:36 AM

It is startling to see the Court of Appeal take over the Home Secretary’s responsibility in deciding who should be allowed to enter the UK – judging for itself the relative importance of national security considerations. But this is what the Court did in its judgment today, by opening the door for Shamima Begum to return to Britain.

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