Government Revoked Hundreds of British Citizenships Last Year

Home Office data show a huge increase in deprivation orders to individuals for citizenship fraud and terrorism links, with a record high in 2022.

Shamima Begum being interviewed by Sky News in northern Syria on Feb. 17, 2019. The so-called ISIS bride has claimed she was radicalised both online and "between her circle of friends." Reuters

The government has increasingly used its powers to revoke the citizenship of hundreds of individuals in the last year, data show.

A total of 316 people had their British citizenship removed on the basis of fraud or suspected terror links, the highest yearly number ever recorded.