Refusal to Repatriate ISIS Suspects Could Put UK at ‘Long-Term Risk’: Terror Watchdog

Refusal to Repatriate ISIS Suspects Could Put UK at ‘Long-Term Risk’: Terror Watchdog
Renu Begum, eldest sister of Shamima Begum, 15, holds her sister's photo as she is interviewed by the media at New Scotland Yard, in London, England on February 22, 2015 Laura Lean - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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A terror watchdog has said Britain’s continued refusal to repatriate ISIS suspects such as Shamima Begum could put the UK at “longer-term risk” of terrorist attacks.

The government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall, KC, said the UK’s approach to British-linked ISIS individuals could leave it out of step with other countries—now repatriating citizens—and could create a “Britain’s Guantanamo” in Syria.

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