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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jess Glass

Shamima Begum should have been treated as child trafficking victim, court told

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Shamima Begum was influenced by a “determined and effective Isis propaganda machine” and should have been treated as a child trafficking victim, a court has heard.

Ms Begum, now 23, was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group in February 2015.

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