Judges Rule Girl Who Travelled to Syria Can Return to UK to Challenge Citizenship Removal

British judges ruled that Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK from Syria to challenge the removal of her British citizenship.

Shamima Begum being interviewed by Sky News in northern Syria on Feb. 17, 2019. Reuters

LONDON—British judges on Thursday ruled that Shamima Begum, a London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join the ISIS terrorist group, should be allowed to return to the United Kingdom to challenge the removal of her British citizenship.

Begum left to join ISIS when she was 15 but now wants to return. Her British citizenship was revoked on security grounds.