Removing Shamima Begum’s Citizenship Unlawful, Court of Appeal Told

Lawyers for the former jihadi bride launched the appeal on Tuesday, with a government barrister telling judges she posed a threat to national security.

Shamima Begum being interviewed by SkyNews in Northern Syria on Feb 17, 2019. Reuters VAN

The decision to deprive former jihadi bride Shamima Begum of her British citizenship was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has heard.

Lawyers acting on behalf of the 24-year-old, now left stateless, told three senior judges on Tuesday that the Home Office failed to consider the legal duties owed to Ms. Begum as a potential victim of trafficking or as a result of “state failures” in her case.