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Denying Shamima Begum a return to Britain could backfire

27 February 2021

12:44 AM

27 February 2021

12:44 AM

Today’s decision by the Supreme Court to prevent Shamima Begum from returning to the UK and mounting a legal challenge to the removal of her citizenship sends a strong message to other hopeful Isis returnees. But it might not be a victory in every sense.

Begum’s return to the UK was described by the Home Office as a move that would create ‘significant national security risks’.

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