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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dan Sabbagh

Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship

Shamima Begum
Shamima Begum’s citizenship was revoked on national security grounds in 2019. Photograph: BBC

Lawyers for Shamima Begum have vowed to “keep fighting” to bring her home after they failed in a fresh attempt to overturn a decision to remove her British citizenship after the court of appeal ruled against her.

Three judges unanimously concluded that the then home secretary, Sajid Javid, had the power to set aside concerns she may have been a victim of child trafficking when she left east London as a schoolgirl and travelled in secret with two friends to live under Islamic State (IS) in 2015.

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